Abby’s Garden

Meet Nathan Hernández, son of Charli and Natalí. Just two years old when we opened, Nathan is now 4.5. He is very busy and very smart. He could say his ABC’s (in English!) when he was 2. He is very playful and kind to everyone. He loves to run, draw, and write his numbers and […]

Merry Christmas from Abby’s Garden! Liam was one of the first kids to attend Abby’s Garden. When we opened he was about 1 1/2 years old (pictured below) and now he is almost four. He is super smart and precocious, full of energy, sparkle and fun. He knows all the lyrics to the songs Divina […]

Abby is the daughter of our director, Divina, and her husband Reynaldo. Abby’s Garden is named in honor of her. When Abby was a baby, Divina needed to work but did not want to leave her in a government-run daycare, where the toddler to caregiver ratio is 15-1 and the ratio for babies is 6-1. […]

I love that our culture has, in recent years, adopted this habit of giving as a response to Thanksgiving, a day when we take time to reflect on all we are thankful for. I don’t know if it began as a counter to the ugly side of Black Friday, which causes us to think of […]

Abby’s Garden Update Abby’s Garden continues to grow. Pictured above are the three new children who joined us in the last week! We are bursting at the seams and would love your prayers for wisdom as to whether to expand the space that we currently have to accommodate our growth to the best of our […]

Abby’s Garden Visit We got back two weeks ago from a wonderful visit to Abby’s Garden. The older kids really know me now, and I feel more attached to them each time I go. With my next planned visit not until October or November, goodbyes were harder this time. We invited all the moms to […]

Recently we reflected on the past year, as many of us do at the dawn of a new one. It was so encouraging to realize how much we’d grown in the space of one year! We increased from 8 to 13 kids, doubled our staff from two to four, and more than doubled our monthly […]

Just a quick note to say we’d be honored if you’d consider Abby’s Garden for your year-end giving! With all the growth we’ve experienced this year and an impending move to accommodate that growth, we could really use your donation! We are always in need of new monthly partners, but one-time and occasional gifts really […]

It was such a joy getting to see the Abby’s Garden kids again. Spending time with them is my favorite part of what I do. I also loved seeing how Divina, Tania, and our two new workers care for the children. I hadn’t met Sherline or Leidy yet, so it was wonderful to meet them. […]

We are in a season of waiting. At Abby’s Garden we are waiting to move upstairs so that we have more space. We were hoping to bring a small team to complete the work that needs to be done, but that has not materialized. Our second plan was to pay a friend who is a […]