Nov 14 – But…..

This should be short and sweet. Church like usual this morning. I decided to go the early service, and Robert showed up sometime near the beginning. (I still love going to church with the boys). David also showed up…but probably about 7 minutes before church was over, although he did end up staying for the next service).

After the service, the man who had called me about the 4 boys earlier in the week came over to me with another 2 boys (1 of them I had met in the group of 4 – named Allan, and one I hadn’t met yet named Isaac). After much debate, and translating through David (thank goodness he knows a lot of Engligh) we invited them over for lunch (mostly so that I could talk to Henry about what to do). They came for lunch, and seemed very happy to be getting a meal, plus water and a mango. Henry and I talked…trying to figure out what the best way was for us to help these boys…especially when we don’t know much about them, and have no extra room.

David came home with a girl that I knew from church named Jessica (also a Canadian), and she came in and met the boys (current AND the 2 new comers), and spent a couple of hours with us. We had fun washing dishes, playing rugby, and it was really nice to have another girl around.

The 2 boys stayed with us for the afternoon, taking part in playing games, gathering water..and they were able to wash themselves off with our basins in soap. It was decided that Henry and I would go with them to CRO in the morning to see if we could find out more information about them, and then we would go from there. They stayed for supper, and then we had to watch them head back into town. I should mention that the weather lately has been rather cold in the evenings (I know…I’ll get no sympathy from you…)…but as Henry drove me home that night, and we had to drive by them walking with just tshirts and pants…ahhh… It was hard. What are we supposed to do?

Tonight Henry and I had a pretty big discussion about the future of Sanctuary. Who are we here to help? The boys that are at Sanctuary now? Where it is like a big family? Or more? And if more, how many? And then what? It appears that there are a lot of conversations that will need to happen over the next couple of weeks, and months…my heart is torn in half. I know that I can’t help everyone…. But….