WE WON´T LET THE LITTLE PLANT DIE!

Good afternoon! I pray you are well and enjoying the blessings of the Lord as you find yourself reading this Bridge of Love Home update. 

I would like to share with you a story about how these four new children came to live with us just a month ago now. The family has seven kids, four that had remained with the father, after the mother left town with the two oldest boys and the baby daughter. We don´t know too much about how the 3 kids with the mom are doing, but the four who remained with the dad are from our town, living just down the street from us. 

Marcos, Martha and Luis

Last Christmas, 2015, Romulo ended up in the hospital. The dad was drunk, and in an enraged state, he put his son´s head under water, while at the same time cutting off the air from around his neck. After pulling him up out of the water, he smashed his head against a rock, and when he was bleeding with a wide gash on his forehead, an aunt came to rescue the boy and take him to the emergency room. The other kids ran to get her when they saw the dad was out of control.

The second boy in green is Romulo

After a few days in the hospital, the state department knew what had happened with the dad, but somehow the boy returned home to his dad´s house. The state did not intervene or charge the dad with any wrongdoing. Over the next months we saw that the abuses continued against the kids, and this is when we began pushing this case to that state department that works with the defense of the family (DIF). We ended up making a number of trips to the state offices, confronting the government workers that they weren´t doing their job, and coming to the point of telling them that it looked they were waiting for one of the kids to die before they would do something. When we didn´t know what more to do to get them to act, we told them we were going to take the case to the governor´s wife, because she is the president of this department, and show her how they have been negligent to intervene in this case where all four kids who were with the dad were clearly in danger of their lives. This caused them to react, and they got all their lawyers together, and they moved to get the kids removed from their home, even on the week of Christmas when the government workers were already on vacation, they got it done on December 22. 

Adriana, Luis, Martha and Marcos

So thank God that the kids have now been rescued out of that environment, and are in a safe place now where they have love and the attention they need. But there is something that pushed us to stay on this case until it was resolved, that made us feel that we could not let it go. 

One night, a few months earlier, two of the boys, Luis and Marcos, were roaming the streets at around 10:30pm. One did have shoes on and the other didn´t have a shrt, and they stopped by our house. They had not had dinner, so the first thing was to get them something to eat. As Martha was preparing a sandwich, Marcos brought something to her in the kitchen. It was a little plant, that he had just picked from beside the road. 

"Miss Martha, I brought you a plant. But please don´t let it die."

The way he said it made Martha´s heart melt, and she felt as if God was speaking directly to her. "Don´t let this case die. I have entrusted these kids into your care, follow through until its done." She understood that this is what God was telling her. 

This was the voice of God, the way God spoke to keep us on the case. Now God has followed through and touched the government workers to get these kids into better hands. 

WE WON´T LET THE LITTLE PLANT DIE!


MATTHEW 25:40 

And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’


We have one special need at this time. As a family we really need to get away to refresh ourselves as a family and in the Lord. We are hoping to go to the beach this week, give the new kids a nice fun day out, and get away from the pressures of the daily life that we feel with this new commitment we have to these kids. We can do this for only $200. Would you like to help us to reach this goal? Thanks so much! 


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It´s been 2 weeks since 4 new kids arrived in our home. You never know what you are getting yourself into until you are right in the middle of it! We know that we are called to love, serve, and sacrifice for others, as Jesus did, giving us the greatest example to follow. 

John 10:11-15

¹¹ I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
¹² But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
¹³ The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
¹⁴ I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
¹⁵ As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Knowing what we are called to do, and doing it, many times are two different things!

Each one of these new kids have their own issues. I would like to share a little about each one and ask you please, please pray for us and them. There are many strongholds and generational curses that these kids are bringing and we need much prayer for them and for us in this process. The effective and fervent prayer of the righteous availeth much!

 

LUIS is 9 years old. Luis is a great kid, and very loving, but has a very strong personality that causes him to rebel and act out at times. He is helpful to try and lead his other brothers to do right, to work with us and to obey, and at the same time will disobey and get angry out of nowhere. But he reacts soon, so he is easier to work with than the others. 

 

  MARCOS is 8 years old. Marcos can be very loving, and he wants hugs and kisses all the time, but our patience is tried most with him as he is pretty much a fighter all day long. He is always disturbing the peace amongst his other brothers, disobedient, and has a terrible temper with many anger issues to deal with. We are working with him and with the government psicologists, as we want to find the best solution, but we are considering having him temporarily transferred to another children´s home. These are hard decisions and we are praying for the Lord to lead us in His will.

ROMULO is 6 years old. Romulo is for the most part a normal 6 year old. He is happy most of the time and can have a temper tantrum whenever something doesn´t go his way. All of the kids have suffered different abuses, but Romulo has suffered major scars more than the others. He was hospitalized, almost dying after being physically abused by his dad, and even still the government knowing the situation, he was sent right back to his home with the father and no charges or sentence was given. Many issues he is dealing with, please pray for him.

VALENTIN is 4 years old. Valentin is an amazing kid, so full of love and need for a mother´s attention! He loves getting up early and coming to hang out in our bed with us before the others get up.  His age is a great advantage to keep him on the right track of growth for his age, without carrying so much of what the others bring over more years and bad experiences. We are trusting God for great things in Valentin´s life as well as all the others, but we need to pray constantly for each one trusting that the presence of God will make the difference in each of their lives. 

Please pray for each one of these 4, LUIS, MARCOS, ROMULO, and VALENTIN, as well as for Martha and Steve, and for the other kids in our home, and for the help that we are bringing in starting on Monday January 9. 

 

This is an incredible financial challenge, and we need your help!

If you would like to help us financially with this endeavor, please do so through paypal account: contacto@casahogarpuentedeamor.org

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