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Troy's Story / Thursday, June 14, 2007

A random kid =)

Can't help...but i am so moved that i need to blog this down!

11am, time to leave DGPS after teaching CRE to 80 kids, and playing Rich List with them, today, we learnt about standing up for the truth, just as Elijah did, when he went back to see King Ahab. It was really good as the kids could retell last week's story in detail! Bravo to the kids!

Well, i'm ready to go off and get tiles for the office's kitchen, then when i'm just about to step out of the school grounds, a boy yelled out "Hello." I stopped on my tracks, and i turn and say "hi there." Immediately, his face fell, and i sense some dissapointment in him. I was going to walk away, then i felt a small voice saying "turn around", so i did stop dead on my track again, and turn around, walk towards the boy. I said to him, "did you think i was someone else?" He nodded "I thought it was mum." I smiled, and turn around, again it didn't feel right, once again i turned, kneel down, and gave him a high five and some misses. We excahnged some smiles.

"My name is Sonja, i teach the Grade 5 & 6 CRE" i said, and he replied "I'm Troy, and i'm in prep." To kick off the conversation, i ask him, "Have you taken your recess?" He said, "Yeah, dad packed me a juice." Cool, is freezing cold, and his dad packed this skinny kid a juice? Hmmm..."So, did mum packed you lunch?" I questioned. "No, she didn't, she doesn't stay with us anymore, and today she had to stay home to take care of my brother who is sick." I tried looking at the kids around the field, through the thick fog still hovering low, while trying to absord what Troy shared.

Well, at this point, my heart is already pouring with pain for this kid, i sat myself down on the grass and talk to him. I found out that his parents have spilt, and his mum is living with his brother (one year older) in their old house. He then told me how he is so sick of moving houses, because they have moved houses so many time, that he is so tired. 10 times he counted. Then later on in our conversation, he said he just had his tonsils taken out, and he open his mouth to show me, i nodded and made some approving sound, without really knowing what to look for ;p He then said, how when he had his tonsils taken out, he was too shy to come back to school, because he kinda forgot some stuff being away from school for so long. Well, in the next 5 minutes, he told about how he misses his old shoes, old house; what happened at the hospital; how he does not like stairs as they make him tired from climbing; how his brother have 6 toes on one foot when he was a kid, and had to be taken out, and was in lots of pain; how his dad pretended to be a doctor once; and how his dad have a dad too etc.... he was quite down about his brother and mother, and the poor boy is only 6 years old!

After a long chat, suddenly he turned to me, "Can i go now and play" he looked at me to seek for approval. "Of course", i said to him, "I'll be here every Friday at recess, so you can come see me here ok?" He smiled and said "Ok" We exchanged some 5's and he skipped off to his play.

My heart aches and cries for this boy as i was driving to Tile Mart, I suddenly seem to feel how his 6 year old heart would feel with all the things that are happening in his home. =( Lord, please help Troy to find comfort in you, and You, O Lord who is Mighty to Save, who can move mountains, and walk on water, please save Troy and his family, so that they will come to know you, and unite them together.

Jesus, thank you for Troy today

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