The Hardest Part...

This week we said goodbye to the sisters Aya and Cyryl. Joyfully, they were reunited with their mother. On the one hand, this is a happy, redemptive story. Their mother has turned her life around and gotten her feet on the ground in the last few years. She is ready to care for her daughters again. And that is the hard part for the staff - loving and caring for children that are not our own, in some cases (like this) with the possibility that they will return to a family member after several years. But that is why New Faith Family Children's Home exists, why staff and volunteers come to love on kids - we will serve and care for children and families through all possible resolutions to their stories. We are happy for the mother and excited for the girls to restart their lives with their family. For anyone that has been to the children's home or been involved over the years, you know how bright and charismatic Aya and Cyryl are. We miss them very much, but are confident about their future. God can do amazing things through them; we are happy to have been a part of their story, of their early childhood years. They left New Faith with a new faith in Jesus, and we know that will stay with them. Pray for the girls, that they will adjust well to this new life and really blossom as they continue to grow. And pray for the staff as we process these emotional times of saying goodbye to kids that we love so much.

DJ and Rachel