Romulo, Geovane, and Willian spent the afternoon with us last Friday to celebrate their birthdays. Romulo had a very abusive mother who he threatened to kill before he was removed from the home. He has violent tendencies and is having a difficult time controlling his anger. Geovane has spent most of his life taking care of his drug-addicted mother. After being placed at CLM several weeks ago, he ran away twice and was brought back by the police or a social worker. He has one younger sister, Patricia and two younger brothers, Diogo and Lucas, also at CLM. Willian recently terminated visits with his mother who is a prositute, in hopes that his father will pursue obtaining custody of him. It breaks our hearts to see how quickly they have had to grow up and the many disappointments they have already faced. Please pray that the Holy Spirit will penetrate their hearts and they will feel their Heavenly Father's unconditional love.
Mike had a wonderful bonding time with them playing video games (he finally found a way that he could beat them at soccer!) while I prepared popcorn, pizza, chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, and peanut butter bars. In the evening, we returned together to CLM and within minutes of entering the doors, the boys had literally shared with everyone how much fun they had with us! :) We look forward to creating more special memories with the children in order to gain their trust and share Christ's love with them.
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