After a little bit of a hiatus, I’m back with the latest kid
of the week…
Meet Jessica! Like
a few of the other children, I was actually here visiting Manila when Jessica
came to be a part of the New Faith Family Children’s Home. It was actually just
about two years ago, when I was here with the World Race. The week we were
leaving, I remember them telling us a group of new kids were coming to the home
from a different orphanage. I don’t remember much of the kids as individuals. I
remember one of the kids was named “Queen,” I remember there was a bunch of
siblings, and I remember Jessica. Sweet
and quiet Jessica.
Fast forward a year to October 2008. It took me all of five
minutes to realize that either my previous assessment was a bit off or Jessica
had changed a lot in a year! Don’t get me wrong, I love Jessica! But “sweet”
and “quiet” are not words usually used to describe her. Instead you might use
words like crazy, hyper, loud, outgoing, energetic, etc..
Other notables of Jessica: she is 7 years old, is in
kindergarten at our community school, loves to eat snacks and sweets, is very
inquisitive, has a short attention span, and loves to sing worship music.
Jessica has no problem being the center of attention. In fact,
she seems to like it a lot. Her voice alone demands attention, usually yelling
her words instead of talking at what would be considered a normal volume. She
has a loud and attention-grabbing laugh as well, and is currently going through
a phase where she thinks it’s funny to burp every few minutes. Jessica is a
little firecracker. Don’t let her angelic face and small body fool you… she can
stand her ground with just about any of the older kids.
Jessica
likes to play with the other girls her age, and can usually be seen playing
with her older sister Aira (9). These sisters are very close and even prefer
sleeping in the same twin-sized bed, instead of on their own mattresses right
next to each other. Along with Aira, Jessica has two other siblings at the
home: Gerald (8), and JP (6).
Please be
praying for Jessica this week. Adoption with more than one sibling is very
difficult, so the chances of being adopted with 3 siblings decreases
drastically. But as we all know, God is capable of the impossible, and God
willing, He has a special family picked out for these special kids. Pray for
Jessica’s schooling, for her mother (as requested), that she would know how much she is loved inside of the home, and most importantly, that she would understand what it means to have a relationship with Christ and would comet to know Him in a personal way.
