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The problem is...Ronelo keeps ditching church. Well, not all the time, but often enough. And he doesn’t call to let us know what’s going on. The punishment that was instituted while I was in Canada, was that if someone doesn’t go to church and doesn’t call to let us know why or where he is...that guy’s cooking lunch for the week. That’s great in theory (the guys all hate cooking)...but not so great in practice. I can’t figure out if Ronelo just can’t cook, or if he’s devious enough to figure if he cooks badly enough, I’ll let him off the hook.
Either way? It’s brutal.
Today for example. When you buy a chicken here, it comes fully loaded...ie. it has it’s feet, head, insides and whatever else still attached. It’s clean and plucked mind you (the insides parts are actually in a nice little bag inside the chicken)...but the head and feet are still where God put ‘em. In our house, we tend to put those more interesting parts aside...mostly because there’s a gringo here who’s not real fond of chicken heads. Imagine how pleased I was when I went downstairs for lunch today and found that we were eating chicken feet/head/innards soup. There were lots of other options for meat to cook, and yet Ronelo chose to use all the leftover chicken “pieces” sitting in the freezer.
I had to dig through my bowl and sort out all the little surprises that were hiding under the potatoes. I put them in the next bowl over...which in the end made Sandro very happy. That ended up being his bowl and he likes all those little...blessings. I ate as much of my soup as I could...and really, it tasted fine. But I couldn’t get over the fact that all those feet had been in my bowl. I fully understand that it was all psychological...but honestly? That didn’t matter much.
I’m not sure what was for supper. I went to Burger King...
I’m thinking tomorrow I’ll cook for Ronelo and he can clean my bathroom. Seems fair.
A more serious prayer request before I take off. The younger brother of one of the guys here, still lives out at Nacer (the boy’s home where most of my guys originally lived). This fellow made a bad decision over the weekend. In reality, he was trying to do something good, but didn’t go about it very well (he went to a party without permission to try and convince one of the younger boys to come back to the home). Unfortunately, because of some of the things he’s done in the recent past, no one really believes he was there trying to help. The punishment decided on, was that he wouldn’t be aloud to continue in school. I have to admit that’s one of the things that frustrates me more than just about anything...when studying is used as a discipline. The way it looks now, this young guy won’t be aloud to finish the school year (which ends in December), and will lose this current semester.
Of course this young guy is upset. We called and talked to him tonight, and he said he’s thinking about leaving the home and living on his own. That’s not really a viable option at this point...he’ll end up in trouble or back on the streets. I imagine if this punishment is enforced, there will be pressure on me to let him live here. That would open an entirely different can of worms that I’d prefer not to open. The best thing would be if the director of the home reconsidered his decision and decided to punish this young guy in another way. So please pray that God will work in his heart, and give this director wisdom to see this situation for what it is. If you could pray also that this young guy will be patient and have wisdom, and won’t do anything rash. He just needs to wait for now and see what happens. Unfortunately waiting and thinking about the future is not something street kids do well...
Thanks everyone, for taking the time to read this and to pray. As always, we appreciate it!
PS That's Jimmy holding the bowl of soup by the way. Don't want to make him the bad guy when it's fully Ronelo's fault... =)
The problem is...Ronelo keeps ditching church. Well, not all the time, but often enough. And he doesn’t call to let us know what’s going on. The punishment that was instituted while I was in Canada, was that if someone doesn’t go to church and doesn’t call to let us know why or where he is...that guy’s cooking lunch for the week. That’s great in theory (the guys all hate cooking)...but not so great in practice. I can’t figure out if Ronelo just can’t cook, or if he’s devious enough to figure if he cooks badly enough, I’ll let him off the hook.
Either way? It’s brutal.
Today for example. When you buy a chicken here, it comes fully loaded...ie. it has it’s feet, head, insides and whatever else still attached. It’s clean and plucked mind you (the insides parts are actually in a nice little bag inside the chicken)...but the head and feet are still where God put ‘em. In our house, we tend to put those more interesting parts aside...mostly because there’s a gringo here who’s not real fond of chicken heads. Imagine how pleased I was when I went downstairs for lunch today and found that we were eating chicken feet/head/innards soup. There were lots of other options for meat to cook, and yet Ronelo chose to use all the leftover chicken “pieces” sitting in the freezer.
I had to dig through my bowl and sort out all the little surprises that were hiding under the potatoes. I put them in the next bowl over...which in the end made Sandro very happy. That ended up being his bowl and he likes all those little...blessings. I ate as much of my soup as I could...and really, it tasted fine. But I couldn’t get over the fact that all those feet had been in my bowl. I fully understand that it was all psychological...but honestly? That didn’t matter much.
I’m not sure what was for supper. I went to Burger King...
I’m thinking tomorrow I’ll cook for Ronelo and he can clean my bathroom. Seems fair.
A more serious prayer request before I take off. The younger brother of one of the guys here, still lives out at Nacer (the boy’s home where most of my guys originally lived). This fellow made a bad decision over the weekend. In reality, he was trying to do something good, but didn’t go about it very well (he went to a party without permission to try and convince one of the younger boys to come back to the home). Unfortunately, because of some of the things he’s done in the recent past, no one really believes he was there trying to help. The punishment decided on, was that he wouldn’t be aloud to continue in school. I have to admit that’s one of the things that frustrates me more than just about anything...when studying is used as a discipline. The way it looks now, this young guy won’t be aloud to finish the school year (which ends in December), and will lose this current semester.
Of course this young guy is upset. We called and talked to him tonight, and he said he’s thinking about leaving the home and living on his own. That’s not really a viable option at this point...he’ll end up in trouble or back on the streets. I imagine if this punishment is enforced, there will be pressure on me to let him live here. That would open an entirely different can of worms that I’d prefer not to open. The best thing would be if the director of the home reconsidered his decision and decided to punish this young guy in another way. So please pray that God will work in his heart, and give this director wisdom to see this situation for what it is. If you could pray also that this young guy will be patient and have wisdom, and won’t do anything rash. He just needs to wait for now and see what happens. Unfortunately waiting and thinking about the future is not something street kids do well...
Thanks everyone, for taking the time to read this and to pray. As always, we appreciate it!
PS That's Jimmy holding the bowl of soup by the way. Don't want to make him the bad guy when it's fully Ronelo's fault... =)
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