I can't believe all 3 of our "kids" are now on the other side of the world from us. While it is so hard to be so far away, we are so proud of them, and we are thankful they were able to get together right when Ben first arrived, then again over the July 4th weekend at my parents' house in Missouri.
Mikayla & Zach are working together at the camp where Mikayla has been on staff for a couple years now. It is a ministry that serves a variety of kids, but their focus in kids who are in residential care because they don't qualify for foster care due to discipline/anger/etc issues. The camp uses adventure therapy to help the kids work through these issues so they can hopefully be placed in foster care. One week during the summer they also get to work with another group of special kids - ones on the autism spectrum. It's a great ministry, and we're so thankful that they are able to serve there together this summer!
Ben is doing great this summer. He's living with my parents, and he is working for a landscaping company. He is enjoying the work (thought he is definitely wiped out at the end of the days!), and he is also enjoying his new (to him) truck that was a gift from a pastor who has been following our updates since we met him when Ben was 3 years old! Ben got his license as soon as he got back to the States, and he is doing well this summer.
Something that really blessed my momma heart was a text I got from a close friend in the States. She also has a graduate, and since I can't be there to help Ben get set up for college, she wanted to take him when she took her daughter to buy stuff for dorm rooms. Such an incredible blessing to have friends and partners in States who stand behind us in such tangible ways!
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