Carlos

Today a young boy came to the gate and asked to talk to the white girl. Since the other white girl, Karen, speaks a lot better spanish than this white girl, it was pretty obvious he meant her. He told Karen his mother left some months back for Mexico and had not returned. He lived by himself and had nothing to eat. Could he come here, to Casa de Esperanza? His name is Carlos and he is nine years old. He said he didn't steal and that he was a good boy. He probably is.

Yes, there is a chance he is trying to pull one over on us. But, in Honduras, there is an even greater chance that he is not trying to pull one over on us. There are literally thousands of kids in that situation.

We cannot take one off the street, no matter how hungry he is, without the proper paperwork and authorities involved. It is called kidnapping and they would shut us down in a heartbeat.

Karen said he has got to have someone to love him.

We cannot ignore this child. Whatever we do, we cannot ignore him. We told him to come back this evening and talk to Marc. Marc said he would go to the judge and see what needed to be done.

Please pray for all the Carlos's of the world. Those little children that are living alone, trying to make their way in a cruel, ugly world and have no one to love them.

Terri