Moving towards a goal

The older boys here are, for the most part, good kids but have little

direction or motivation to do things. In their free time, which this

past week was all day because they didn't have school, they either

wreak havok or sit around and through the ball.

Chris and I decided that we were going to plant a garden and teach the

boys a little bit about farming. We worked in the field all morning

explaining every step of what we were doing. When we were done, we

drank some pepsi and read the parable of the sower and talked about

it.

As cliche as that sounds, the boys really need to see a man that

reads and strives to live out the Bible. There is little masculine

influence at the orphanage compared to women. Coming from a culture

where women are not respected and your dad's mistress is practically

dinner conversation, the need for solid men is great.