Hello all,

I know that it has been a while since I have updated the blog, and I am sorry. We have been busy lately with getting settled into our roles here at the home. Our main roles are to be working with the teens here. They are a great group of teenagers, but they have a lot of problems. There has been many evenings that I just wonder why in the world God called us here to work with these youth. I was expecting difficulty in the mission field to come from the weather, sickness, or bad living conditions. I did not expect it to come from the teenagers. But, Bobby and I know without a doubt that we were called here for a reason, so we will just continue to seek Him and His guidance. I am putting a few pictures on my posting today of some of the teens. Bobby, Robin, and I took some of them out last Friday to Pizza Hut for their birthday. They were so excited and they ate a lot of pizza! It's funny, I thought that being in the mission field would bring me so close to God, like I would be on a constant spiritual high, but I have been kind of down in a way. I know that it is because Satan does not want us here. I am also feeling kind of confused about what we are supposed to do after our year here is over. One of the teen girls asked me yesterday about leaving. She said "so what are you going to do after a year, just leave?" Tough question...it made me feel like crap. It was kind of like, "why should I love you and invest myself in you when you are just going to up and leave me in 11 months?" I can understand what she was thinking. These kids have been abandoned by everyone in their lives, everyone always leaves, how are we really any different? We watched a movie on Saturday, and that same question was asked by one of the characters. The answer was, that everyone who comes into your life, no matter for how little time, shapes and molds you into the person that you are...good or bad. Can I make a lifelong impact on her life in less than a year and then leave? I am trusting in God's plan.

Lots of love,

Britney