Well, yesterday we said, "Goodbye," to our youngest resident in the Casas, Julio César. We know that the court has blessed us with the care of children with great needs and that at some point we may have to surrender them up. That is the case here. The court's goal and our goal is to reunite families wherever possible. Julio now has a younger brother and his mom has undergone therapy and has a job starting soon. The court has granted her custody of her second child Julio. Julio´s older sister is Adda Margooth who is also in San José. Adda is moving next week to the teen home Sagrada Familia.
When I asked María Perez about how Adda felt about her little brother going back to their mother, but her staying. María said that Adda said she personally was happy where she was and didn´t want to move back home. We suspect that next year the judge will ask Adda to decide where she want to live and she will have to decide then. María says the courts will honor what the teen says.
Even though we want to reunite families, we alway feel a twinge of heart and worry about whether the judge is doing the right thing at the right time. That worry we must leave in God´s hands and we pray that the Lord Jesus has touched and healed some of the hurts in the hearts of these little lives that have been under our care. We love you, Julio César.
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