Saturday, April 1, 2006

Meet Jonathan. Nine year old Jonathan ran away from home after his mother held a burning coal to his cheek "to teach him a lesson". We talked with the mother and she expressed her frustration at not being able to control her son. She agreed to let him come and stay with us at Castel-Pere. Physical abuse of children is quite common here which explains our presence. Posted by Picasa

2 comments:

  1. The emotional wounds will heal more slowly than the one on his face and leave a far deeper scar...

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  2. Pe Mak,

    Bless you for all you do

    The children are so blessed to have you there to help them

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