Introducing… Florence!!
I know, I know… I’ve said this several times before… but man is this boy gwapo! (handsome) He just has one of those faces that allow him him to get away with things… all it takes is one look at that face and you melt just enough to say it’s okay, you’re not in trouble, just don’t do it again…
Florence is nine years old and is the youngest of three siblings. He has an older sister Roseanne (13) and an older brother Fritz (10). Florence is also a first grader at our community school.
Florence is one of the children at the home that I still feel like I haven’t gotten to know very well. It’s not that Florence isn’t friendly, just that he prefers to spend his time with his peers, rather than the volunteers. On any given day, you can spot Florence running around the home with the other younger boys, playing tag or basketball, climbing trees, and doing other things that little boys like to do!
If you stick around long enough, you might be so lucky to see the Florence “pouty face” …when things aren’t going his way, and he gets a little grumpy, the bottom lip goes out, the eyelids come down, and his arms fold across his chest. I call it the Florence pouty face. The only problem is… he still looks so gwapo even when he’s mad!
For the month of November, along with his two siblings and another child from our home, Florence participated in a “camp” where he spent 3 weeks in Southern California. The trip of a lifetime for such a small boy from the Philippines. Other than traveling to our sister children’s home in Mindanao, it was his first time really traveling! We were all very excited for him to have such a neat adventure and expand his view of the world!
This week I am asking that you keep Florence in your prayers! Pray that God would provide a family for this sweet boy and his siblings. Pray that he would be growing physically, mentally, and spiritually. Pray that he always feels loved and cared for. Pray for his family, wherever they might be. And as always, pray that Florence would know Christ as his personal Saviour.
