God has a specific plan does he not, his will is for all to come home safe and sound, but because we have a mind and free will of our own, and because of the enemy of God who will stop at no end to disturb the will of God, He needed to come up with a plan. But God being God knew this al in advance so it came to him as no surprise, he was ready, and the plan in place. The plan is to save all who want to be saved, and to protect them from those who would do them harm. And to be clear I'm not talking about physical harm, I am talking about ham to who we are in God's eyes, our spirit born of God. We may receive at times physical and emotional hurt from the world around us-actual we get hurt a whole lot, that's a huge topic all on its own. But our spirit, our identity, can not be touched. Not height, hate or hell itself can separate us from the love of God. When people choose not to be saved from the losing side, I think it brings grief to God.
Likewise when we have kids here who do not want to be saved from their old life, it grieves my heart. We get from time to time kids who are not here because of abuse to them but rather because of misbehaviour on their part. My heart goes out to them because I believe it's easier to save someone from someone else than it is to save someone from themselves. To mix the two together can be a dangerous thing if not supervised carefully. But we had to kids here who had stirred up some trouble for themselves. As it turns out they mastered up a plan to escape. They would take some things from the other kids that could be of value and run, our compound is secure but it's not a prison, you can get out if you mean it. They made it to the bus station, and with a sob story about a dead father and an MP3 player as payment they got on a bus to Trujillo. We found out only moments after they were gone but by the time we had done a quick search of the town and finally found out that they got onto a bus they where half an hour gone. And because we live in Peru and the bus had other passengers who didn't have the patience to stop, the bus kept going, so we set chase, we had to reach them before they got to Trujillo where they would be let off the bus. Not five kilometres before we got to Trujillo we finally caught up with the bus and pulled our kids out, meanwhile the cops where called (who didn't lift a finger for us ) but because they where called we had to bring the girls in to prove we had them in our possession again. Today they where ordered to court because they are considered a threat to the other kids(there's more to the story, I won't explain it all) So they are off our hands, where they will go from here we don't know. It pains me to see young teens, when they are handed such a beautiful opportunity to start fresh, and they throw it away. And I am powerless to help them. Pray for them, and pray for our kids that whatever negative was brought in will not stick to anyone here.
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