Blessings to you this and everyday that is before you! Working with needy children and families is rewarding and challenging. We have had children come to our doors seeking shelter. One particular story is special to us. Normally we do not accept teenage children because of the younger ones that we have with us that would be affected by an older aggressive and hurt teenager. One day a young girl came to us with her sad story. We listened to her and decided to join the fight with her, helping her regain her life. Her life is a long story but our part with her lasted a little over a year. Her strong will and longing to recuperate what she had lost motivated us. In a short time we worked with her to learn to read, enjoy a brief childhood that she never had as she many times preferred to play little simple girl things rather than some of the complexities of breaking into adulthood, she discovered her past with our help in looking for her true roots, and toward the end of her time with us bringing her into her reality of age by giving her a beautiful quinceañera celebrating her approach to adulthood. Our time ended when we helped find and reunite her with her mother in another state. We have not heard from her since but cherish the time with her and long for the day that we will see her again. Her life story could easily fill a book and even her time with us is a very long story. We have enjoyed playing an important part in many lives that God has brought to us. I pray that your day and life may be abundantly blessed.
