Kara had posted earlier about Juan going to spend Christmas with his mother. We usually don't allow that to happen since the kids' home situations normally are not anything that is best for them to return to. We made an exception with Juan, however, because he at first had decided to leave NLCH so that he could better care for his mother after Chepe's death.
The plan was that he would spend about a month with her, then return to NLCH in early January in time for the beginning of the school year. We were pleased when that happened and he did return on the agreed day. We knew going in, however, that this visit to his mother's house couldn't be a very positive experience. We were just hoping that his reaction to it would be positive. We did not know what it would entail, but knew that how Juan reacted would be very important.
Unfortunately, he returned to NLCH with the desire to leave for good because of things his mother allowed him to have and do while he was with her (like allowing him to drink and buying him a very expensive cell phone). She's very poor and can't keep that up for long.
So Juan left almost a couple of weeks ago now. We pray that he can know that although we're offered so many different choices of how to live, that he will never find the life that he really wants to live apart from the way of Jesus.
We still miss Chepe, now we miss Juan too, and continue to pray that somehow Chepe's death will be used for good in Juan's and his mother's lives.
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I'm very sad to hear about Juan leaving. When I heard about him spendig Christmas with his mother I was worried this might be a possibility. The old saying "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" really does ring true for most of us. I pray that Juan will find peace in his life, but I know that will only come from a realtionship with Jesus. Perhaps the seeds planted by you guys at the home will one day reap fruits for both Juan and his mother. I'll continue to pray for Juan, his mother, the other kids, and especially the workers/volutneers there as you deal with this.
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