Broken Heart

Today my heart is broken because a little friend of mine who is in the 7th grade just got done telling me that her dad who does crack wants her to give him another chance at taking care of her. Yesterday this child told me that she is tired of living with her dad because he doesn't know how to take care of her and she wants someone to take care of her for once so she was going to go live with her mom. After hearing her tell me this I almost started crying. I just can't believe that a 12 year old girl is dealing with this. Then I started thinking about all the kids I am working with at Fortress and how they are probably in the same situations if not worse ones. While thinking about this it made me think about how I want to help her and I want to be there for her when she feels like the world isn't. I am hoping that whatever happens to this girl that God can use me to be a good influence in her life. But for now all I can do is pray that God has his hand in the situation and pray for all the other kids I don't know who are struggling with the same things.