One last Christmas lesson

Over Christmas break, we had 3 brothers from the children's home stay with us. This year we worked real hard to make sure that everyone had a home to be in for Christmas. Those that didn't have a relative to be with, we had stay with one of our staff families. The 3 brothers that we had with us really have no one in their lives. The older 2 suffer from depression because of this.

On New Years Eve, we have a tradition of giving thanks for the blessings of this past year as well as praying in the New Year. This year we had these guys join us. As we were sharing our blessings from this past year, we asked the middle brother if he had anything to be thankful for. He said he was thankful that his dad came to visit one Sunday many months ago and brought a pizza to share with them. Their mom never comes to visit and their dad has come 5 times in 3 years to see them. I was reminded how much these kids cling to any hope of a family relationship. Adoption here in Mexico is very difficult. I would love for these three to be able to be adopted. I learned a lot from or experience this Christmas of sharing with these three.