Rescue

How do you tell a 9 year old girl that the only stable life she has ever known was a lie?  That the only man she has ever called Papi was planning to do bad things to her?

I can't be sure of course... but it sure seems that way.  From the first day I heard about where they were it sounded suspicious.  A man who wants to help young girls, who wants to start a children's home, but not do anything legal, who is looking for girls who have no one to speak up for them, who don't have a voice.  And he found these two girls... 9 and 12 years old.  They are sisters of our dear friend G who has suffered so much in her life as well.  Their mom loves them, but just doesn't think things through.  I think sometimes desperation makes a mom overlook warning signs, red flags... sometimes out of a strong desire for your children to be cared for you do something that actual is harmful.  Sometimes you just want false promises to be real.

I lived for years knowing that little girls around the world suffer and are abused or sold... and my heart hurt for them.  But this week I have squeezed my little Nicolle a little tighter and wanted her constantly by my dad knowing that evil lives in apartment building we pass by every day.

Praise Jesus for his goodness and rescue plan... these girls ' mom called last week to see if we would help rescue her girls. She gave them to this man thinking they would have a better life, but then got a note from the older girl saying that they were not okay and needed to come home.  We said yes of course with very little plan, but started talking to the police about what our options were.  Miraculously in the middle of this the man brought them home for a 3 day visit... praise Jesus!  They are now basically hiding so cant try to take them back.  We had them for a little while and are still helping with the younger one.  In two weeks we should be able to establish a long term plan.

Please as you think about it be on your knees for these two. D who is 9 doesn't know where she belongs and was calling us mami and papi after a day.  Her little world is just so upside down.  And we don't know how to fit this into our new family life, just begging the Lord to show us and for at least 2 weeks Nicolle is loving having a sister.  Pray for the 12 year old to be willing to cooperate.... when I went to social services they really can't do anything if she doesn't talk and we just don't want this to happen to anyone else.  And pray for mom.... ultimately a lot of these decisions fall into her seemingle incapable hands.  Pray that she will unselfishly make wise decisions for her children.