Nov 15 – Let go and let God….

WOOHOO…after this one I am all caught up…atleast as far as blogging goes…then there are emails..lol.

Anyways, so today was CRO day. The plan was to meet at Flavours at 9am. Glen and I were there about 5 minutes to…in normal mzungu fashion, and then Henry showed up with Isaac about 15 minutes later. We decided to wait another 15 minutes to see if the other boy Allan would show up, but when he didn’t we headed off. I am not sure what exactly I was expecting to see..maybe more of an office type building, but it was more of a courtyard, and inside there were atleast 20 different children of all different ages, both boys and girls, moving around and doing different chores. We met a lady called Aunt Dorothy, and she spend some time talking to Isaac. She didn’t recognize him though, and when she invited him to stay so that they could work on getting more information on him, he started to cry, and said that he didn’t want to stay. Then she said we could take him with us…until there was more information. But no one was being specific, were we expected to get the information, was she saying that she was going to get the information…what?? Lol. It went on like this for awhile..finally they got one of their social workers, and said that if we supplied the money for fuel, they would take him to find his family. (back story: he had an idea where his mom HAD been..but wasn’t sure where she was anymore..so they were going to start from where he could last remember, talk to people in the area, and see if they could track her down). Henry talked to him to see if this was ok with him, and he said that it was. In the end we received a phone call a couple of hours later saying that they HAD found his mother, and then he was going to stay with her..and what did we want to do. We asked them to find out more information on the family…what was his reason for leaving? Was he forced to? Did he want freedom? Was he actually just lost? Was he being abused? I am not sure that we will ever find out the answers to these questions, but incase he does come back to the streets, I want to know more of his situation. They also said that they would take us out to see where he is living, and I think that this might be something that I would be interested in doing…I guess time will tell whether or not that is actually possible.

So that was CRO. Then we met with our contractor – named Romeo and got the costs on how much it is going to take to finish off the house. Right now the house is liveable, but it doesn’t have plumbing, finished floors, and it could definitely use a good paint on the inside. The quote that we got was cheaper that was expected, which is definitely an answer to prayer! Now we will have to see what is next. If we can get enough money, we need to start on digging the septic system ASAP! There will be more information coming on all of this, but if anyone is interested in helping out with the help, I would really very much appreciate it. We want this to be a home for the boys. Yes, they can move into it now, and it will be more then they have ever had, but I would love to be able to give them more. These are things that we wouldn’t even DREAM of living without…at least not for more then a week when we are camping. Please think about it, and pray about it. We can all work together to make a difference it each of these boys lives.

Ok, enough about that. The afternoon was spent with Robert working on his ABC’s…he is actually starting to improve, which is exciting! Oh, and then we had 2 surprise visitors. Allan showed up (the other boy who was supposed to meet us in the morning to go to CRO). He told us that people had hired a bunch of the street boys to help clean up one of the stadiums for some money, so he had come as soon at that was done. He is going to go with Henry in the morning to CRO, so please pray about that. I am not sure if CRO knows anything about him, or his situation, but pray that he will be open to going home AND that his home situation is a good one…pray pray pray….trust God. That’s all I/we can do.

The second visitor was a mzungu who is friends with

David and Robert. Henry and I met him before, and he was very interested in finding out more about what we are doing, and how he can help. Mind you he took David out to a very fancy restaurant for lunch..and drove him around in his car all afternoon, which does not at all help David’s situation (he needs to be at home helping with house duties and working on his schooling…not that we are trying to be mean, but him getting a taste of the ‘goodlife’ makes him just want to be back on the streets..why would you do housework in a home, or work on your alphabet if you can get gourmet meals and sit in an air conditioned car..). Anyways, I believe that this man means well, and we will be meeting with him again to discuss how he can help, we just need to direct his assistance in a more positive way. He was very happy to see everything that they have been learning at home though, and told them over and over how proud he was that they were learning their ABC’s and 123’s. Hopefully we can use this positive reinforcement to keep the boys going in their studies.

Anyways, that was that. I came home early today and had waffles for supper with Siouxanne…! YUM:)

Praise:

- Isaac went back to his home

- We got a good quote for the house

- God continues to provide

- Steven came home safely from Kampala

Pray:

- We can teach other mzungus how to best help kids on the streets

- Isaac is safe at home, and will stay there

- Robert and David continue to focus on their learning

- I will now when to help, and when to let go