We are beyond happy with our child's experience!

Our son spent his 16th birthday with GLA! I was nervous to send him out of the country on his own, but confident that it would be a great experience. He returned and it was better than we even expected!

We received a blog about every other day with lots of photos and an update - the coolest photo was of our son with a homemade birthday cake they had made for him, we never even mentioned his birthday! It was nice to see the photos and what they were up to.

When he returned he was smelly, dirty and happy, just as a 16 year old boy should be! He gained SO MUCH confidence during his stay in Costa Rica. He made lots of new friends and they still have a group text chat going 6 months later. He loved where they stayed at the Eco Lodge with Jason, who he still talks about all the time, and hopes to go back for a family vacation to see Jason again, and learn more about the community.

I look forward to sending him on another trip this coming summer, and his younger sister will follow in his footsteps at GLA.

I am VERY happy with the support from GLA!