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Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave to wealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to have done nothing and succeeded at it. -erwin lutzer
Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave to wealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to have done nothing and succeeded at it. -erwin lutzer
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praying for all involved.
Praying.
Erin
Oh, I've been worrying about this. Continued prayers for Renald, Paige, and ALL.
hbj
praying here too... praying for your achy hearts... praying for Renald that God will continue to protect him and keep him healthy.
Continuing to pray. I cannot even begin to imagine what you are all feeling. Love to you guys.
My heart is breaking for you guys! I am finding it difficult for prayer to be enough to comfort me about Renald. I think his whole story has been a faith building strenthening experience for me. It is one of those times when you have to "put it in God's hands" but my mind is having a hard time with it. Prayers for all the children of Haiti and all of you that work with them every day.
7:40am Anon ... I am finding it difficult for prayer to be enough too.
I will share the whole story once I am less angry, but it was not a happy reunion and they were not thrilled to have him back.
tara
My heart is aching for all of you. I don't know how many more people are in Renald's family or what kind of support they have.
I try to imagine what it feels like to be the parent who may really know that they are not able to sustain his health. If they didn't have the resources before, would they have them now? I don't know if I would feel happy or guilty/defeated knowing that others can do for him what I cannot as a parent. It is all too confusing.
I really don't know about Renald's living conditions -- we all just fell in love with the beautiful boy who fought to stay alive.
Please let us know if there is any way to offer his family support or if they do not want to keep him, is there a way we could offer Renald support in Haiti.
May you find peace and strength during this very difficult time.
Debbie
I'm so so sorry. I'm praying for you and for Renald.
I am at work and trying hard not to cry. Why would anyone not want that precious boy back? Praying for Renald and his family and your family!
There is so much I need to sort through in my head before sharing the way returning him went. I will share more in a day or two. He is not our child and we needed to do the right thing and return him to his Mom - and not assume or decide he was ours to keep.
Our goal was not to act emotionally and we need to wait and see what happens in the coming weeks/months ... in the moment of returning him it was highly emotional and if we had done what our emotions dictated it would have been about us getting what we wanted in a painful moment - without praying or discerning or even thinking.
We should not of expected so much. That was probably the biggest mistake of all. I cannot expect people with very little and in survival mode to be thrilled about a child who now wants to eat three plus times a day. -- Or, I guess I can expect it - but then I am going to be sorely disappointed. (And I am.)
There are all sorts of variables to think about ... Yes we have plans to help them ... but we'll need to be patient and trust God with Renald while we see how he does back at home and how the plans to give them aide work/play out in reality.
I have to believe God loves Renald more than we do - and go against my desire to butt in and act when I don't have the full picture yet. I am not saying I don't want to climb back to that mountain house right this minute and take him back - I do -- I just don't think that would be right at this time.
For today I am working on Women's Program things for tomorrow and focusing my attention as best I can on something that hurts less.
Praying for Renald to feel love & for peace,
Tara
Praying for your hearts and his!!!! I can't imagine how hard this is...
Praying also for peace, discernment, and an unbelievable portion of faith!!! It is so hard for us as humans to trust God in situations that we think we have control over!!! It's obvious that we should, but our emotions NEVER function on what we know to be TRUE and obvious. Please know that I am lifting you all up in prayer. I can't imagine what Paige is going through. It is one thing for adults to process this with our life experiences, but for a teenager, it has to be ten fold!!! Keeping her in my prayers!
I think you should go back and get him!!!! Its making me cry to think about him becoming skinny and ill again. I understand you guys have more information then we do, but why can't he stay living with your family?
We are praying. Its so hard. So happy, so sad, so depressing, so amazing all at the very same time.
hugs
I'm so sorry. I can only imagine how much your hearts hurt. Praying for you all while you try to digest all that has happened and praying for Renald that God shows a way to best provide for him and his family.
Ugh. I'm sorry that it sucks. Praying with you and for you all, for tons of discernment and patient hearts.....and for beautiful Renald, that his life will be protected and that he will radiate so that his family will fall in love with the One who has worked through all of you. Ok, that's a little wordy. Done.
I can relate a TEEENY TINY bit ... as when I was at the orphanage all summer, there was a little girl that had been brought back to health (difference was it wasn't by me and I didn't form that incredible bond that you were able to with Renald) and the reunion with her mom was awful. She was bawling because her mom put her down as soon as she was handed to her ... and was trying to talk us into keeping her because she did not want her. It was VERY difficult to send her away with this child ... one I knew I could have easily given so much more to. Killer. I feel and see a glimpse of your pain and ache with you ... I do not and will not ever understand these cultural differences. This episode was at the very beginning of our summer and it is one of the things Lexi remembers most and brings up the most when we talk about Haiti. Please know that we love you all and are praying for you so often ... and precious little Renald. He touched me deeply. Hugs!
UGh. Ugh. Ugh. As I look at the picuture from the 26th i think... God's love touched many hearts through this child. His love came through his eyes and his heart to touch ours. How powerful! I pray that He will watch over him- as His love continues to flow into him and through him. That Peace will come to all through interaction with this child. This I pray for you all.
Ima guessing his mom was more freaked than anything... a thin chicle she can handle, a healthy child who now must eat to stay that way is likley scaring her silly. Haiti, and all her special issues is soooo tough. xo
Tara,
There are so many things we can never understand. Truly we are blessed to have never lived the poverty of our Haitian brothers and sisters, to know that we always have enough, that there is always someone who will help us, there is always a government program that will support us. We have no way to wrap our minds around their experience. I look at that baby and see a miracle. I see joy. I see a child whose story will save more than 600 other children just like him. What must his mother see? And what must he see, and think, returning home?
You did what you had to do, and I can only imagine how it must have ripped your heart out to do it. I am praying for guidance, and for peace. I love you.
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