He ran away from home. Walked MILES. Showed up at the gate after walking to a friend's village to check on her.
Imagine being placed with your "family" that you have never known. This is your family. Know and love them. Trust them to care for you. See you later!
Obviously, this is not a recipe for success. It's not an ideal way to raise a child.
But we aren't equipped as a team to do any better right now. Our goal is to unite all of our children with a family, a home. Most can go to their relatives.
So, one of our most important learning goals this year is to learn how to assess a family situation, how to prepare a child and the family for placement, how to follow-up, how to determine if the child is safe and thriving in their new situation... and the list goes on.
Pray for us as we learn - pray for our Ugandan staff (especially Bosco and Ruth, our social workers) and our missionaries as we learn together, struggle through the hard issues together, sort through cultural differences to determine GOD's best plan for each child and family.
Home for Christmas... pray for our children in their homes (especially the teenagers) - that they would trust God to be their all.
Imagine being placed with your "family" that you have never known. This is your family. Know and love them. Trust them to care for you. See you later!
Obviously, this is not a recipe for success. It's not an ideal way to raise a child.
But we aren't equipped as a team to do any better right now. Our goal is to unite all of our children with a family, a home. Most can go to their relatives.
So, one of our most important learning goals this year is to learn how to assess a family situation, how to prepare a child and the family for placement, how to follow-up, how to determine if the child is safe and thriving in their new situation... and the list goes on.
Pray for us as we learn - pray for our Ugandan staff (especially Bosco and Ruth, our social workers) and our missionaries as we learn together, struggle through the hard issues together, sort through cultural differences to determine GOD's best plan for each child and family.
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