'Everything is different now'

DESCHAPELLES, Haiti -- Late afternoon on Friday, Ducarmel Similien arrived back at L'Escale with his two older sons, Schmeider, 10, and Scarcely, 13. The boys had been staying in a tent city in Leogane with their grandmother and were anxious to see their baby brother -- and his new prosthetic leg. It was the first time the family had been together since they learned that there was hope for a new limb for Schneily, the 4-year-old who lost his left leg in Haiti's earthquake.

"Everything is different now," said Ducarmel, 40, who discovered that while he was gone,Schneily learned how to walk on his new leg without crutches.

With new hope for his youngest son and the promise of a possible job here at Hopital Albert Schweitzer, Ducarmel and his wife, Darline, 37, say they're looking forward for the first time since Jan. 12.

"Now we have less problems than before," Ducarmel said through a translator.

Ducarmel has heard from family members who saw msnbc.com's series of stories and relayed the outpouring of support for Schneily.

He says his greatest dream is that the boy will one day be able to go to school in the United States, where Schneily would have more opportunities for education and employment. Although the earthquake caused terrible pain to his family -- and to his country, Ducarmel said he relies on faith in the future.

"God has a plan for me and God has a plan for Haiti," he said.