They Asked For Mommy

Their eyes red from crying, the sat on the couch afraid and disoriented. Five little girls, all created in the image of God, but looking lost and helpless. They had just come from the girls facility run by the Social Welfare Dept here in Cebu. The DSWD turned them over to us to raise and nurture back to health.
All victims of incest and rape, the youngest just a mere eight years old and the oldest not yet a teenager, they are now our responsibility!
The two youngest girls are completely alone, not even friends. The three sisters try and comfort each other, while trying to make some sense of the moment. “Who are these people? I just want my mommy!” You can imagine the worry, the mistrust. Yet we are their life line. We are the ones charged by God to show them He hasn’t forgotten them. We are the physical presence of the Father for them.

We show them some new clothes we have prepared for each of them. A new doll and a cake and ice cream. They begin to be a bit more trusting. Lolo Nancy (that is what they call her, grandma) reassures each of them. But they are not too sure yet.

We stop to pray and ask the Father to reassure them, they are safe now, they are home.

Keep watching as we tell more of their story as they progress through the orientation to the transfer to the Ranch and begin their studies at Happy Horizons Academy.

Glenn