little boy abandoned

\Today during our staff meeting, two cops showed up with a little boy 6 years old.  Apparently this little boy still in his pajamas and no shoes has been dropped off in town Saturday night.  His mother is a dancer and just left him Saturday night.  So this nice cop brought him to My Fathers House to just spend the night before taking him to Montego bay. The cop at first said he would pick him up in the morning, but after talking for awhile, sounds like they would like to place him here. Orville is his name.  He really doesn't talk much at all, except the word yes.  Little guy has some mannors, right after dinner he picked up his plate and took it right into the kitchen, so someone somewhere is doing a good job. Since the moment I met him I would wink at him, so he has been trying to wink bavk but both of his eyes wink together.  LOLOL So please say in your prayers, that if placing Orville in our care would be Gods will.
Tomorrow when in Sav, we will be going to see Dante and see if he has his surgery.  Pray for that little guy as well. Be with us all as we go through these next few days.
Blessings

Feeling

Ever feel like your not appreciated?  Ever feel your not heard?  Ever feel made to feel stupid? Ever get upset after your put down? Ever? Ever? Ever?
What about Trust?, are you a trustworthy person?  Or just sometime?  Would you still work for your boss if he is un trustworthy?  Would you stay in a relationship with someone if they were not trustworthy?  Are you trustworthy?
Zechariah 8: 16-18
These are the things you are to do:  "Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgement on your courts; do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely.  I hate all this," delclares the pe.
Hope this helps anyone who is struggling.
Blessings

Here they are

Starting from left to right front row

Sabrina age 12

Anita  age 12

Marlana age 3

Sitting boy Sherakie age 14, Felix age 6

back row left to right

Marquez age 8

Travoy age 15

Ritz age 14

Don't they all look so good on their first day of school?  Marquez and Marlana are not part of My Fathers House, they are here for the year with their parents Donnaree and Marlin. Now you all will know who we are talking about.  Enjoy!

Always something to do

So day before yesterday most of us worked very hard to get the house ready to be sprayed the next day.  We have had a problem with ticks.  So we decided that after Marquez's Dr. appointment on Thursday we would then go to the beach with all the kids for the day.  The house was being sprayed and all the furniture too, so it was best that none of us were there.  So we packed a lunch and all jumped in the bus, well not all, Mr. Mark and Marlin stayed behind to help.  So we drove to Black River to the hospital for Marquez Dr. appointment which ended up being cancelled due to an emergency.  One Dr. to 50 patients.  So after being there for almost an hour trying to reschedule we finally left and drove to a beach.  The beach was great except I wish we would of brought snorkeling gear it would of been perfect for all the kids because it was so shallow.  But we still made the best of it.  Part way through I bought the kids a pop so that was a nice treat. Jenni hadn't been feeling good most of the day, poor thing, kinda just dragging along.  So about 3:30 we decided to head home.  Nice drive it was, but I started noticing that all my joints were starting to hurt, but I thought it was from all the driving.  So we got home and the pool looked so inviting.  The house was all done, dinner just needed to be heated up, and we were not going to mop floors till the morning, so GREAT time to hop in the pool.  Amazing I say, it was so nice. About twenty minutes into it, I was not feeling very good, so I quickly got out and went up to my room to change, by the time I was done changing I had a fever of 101.  I could not believe it, and when Mark came up it was at almost 104 with tylenol. So lets just say I was one sick girl.  My fever did break in the middle of the night so I stayed in bed and stayed in bed all of today.  Jenni was worse today so she stayed in bed all day too.  I only seen her two times and that is when she came up to get some meds, and when I went in her room to see if she needed some orange juice.  So I hear Jenni came out and ate dinner, then went to back to bed, but she was up to eat, always a good sign.  I do see the light at the end of the tunnel.  :-)
On a sad note Joy lost her last puppy.  We thought for sure that this one last puppy would make it.  My mother in law thought we should name the last puppy "Lucky"  my mom thought  "Miracle"  and Mr. Mark wanted "Loner"  LOL ( not funny Mark)  LOL.  So all that and not one little puppy, very sad.  Joy was as good of a mother as she new how, but not very nurturing.  Was that the reason why no puppies made it?  I don't think so, but I think her puppy having days are over. 
Well I think we are all set for school on Monday, we picked up Sherakie's pants from being hemmed today, and I think that was the last of it.  We got creme for Sabrina's hair last week, and Oh my does she look fantastic.  Creme here is a relaxer.  She looks all grown up, but so cute all at the same time.  We told her that this first time we will buy it, but if relaxing her hair is something she wants to do, then she will have to save up and buy it herself.   Travoy bought his own creme and he looks so darn handsome as well.  So I do say, one handsome group of kids already to start their big day.  I know we have been so bad, and haven't posted one picture, we will do that and name every person, so you will know who we are talking about.  Love to all...
Oh did I tell you that Midnight, their cat that has been gone for about a year is back, and we think she is pregnant.  LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Keep those prayers coming please.

11:00 PM Wednesday night

I was sound asleep and didn't here Mr. Mark get up, but God was telling him to go down stairs and check on the puppies.  When he did, he noticed that Joy was laying on the nice cold floor and the puppies were on their nice soft bed.  But one puppy was very cold, so Mr. Mark called Joy over and he put the puppy up next to Joy. Joy started licking her and stimulating her, and then she starting drinking her mama's milk.  But then Mr. Mark noticed the puppy stop breathing, and tried to revive her, but sad to say one more puppy died.  So now there are two.  All I can say is if you here God calling you to do something, do it!  I am so happy Markie listened and went down stairs.  I can't imagine the baby dieing and just laying there all night. I just feel so bad for Joy, that she had to give birth to 15 pups and only 2 are alive.  :-(

Ok now on to something fun.... Tonight was the Sundae party the children earned....  We had chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, oreo's, skittles, nuts, whipped cream and cherries. So we got everything together, and called off each child, starting with the least amount of stars working on up.  Felix was first, remember he is 6, but he still earned 3 stars.  Then is jumped up to 6 then 7 then 9, 13 and finally 16 stars.  Have you ever?????  (a Star is earned by doing something over and above what they do normally, they also will earn a star from every 10 check marks,  and you earn a check mark, just by doing your chores or doing something nice for someone, making your bed, picking up the dog poop when its not your chore)  So 13 stars from Ritz and 16 from Anita, blows my mind.  But I will tell you the house is loooooooooookin goooooooooood!!!!!!!  So now we are all talking about next month,  like are we going to do the same thing???? or something different???  We will talk about it tomorrow at the beach.  Long day today, but a fun day tomorrow.  

Blessings