Adopted Daughters

Our chuch has an Adopt-A-Student program at our local college---Frank Phillips College. FPC gets students from all over the world---literally! It's a mission field at our doorsteps. This year, Andy & I were asked to take a girl from The Congo. She's only 17 years old and is here to play basketball. Actually, she started out in the states last year in Florida, so she's starting her 2nd year in college already! She hasn't been home in all that time. We found out last night that she is very homesick---she's been crying herself to sleep every night. She does talk to her family every day via Skype, but it's just not the same. She's also injured her knee, which will require surgery, so she's not even able to play basketball. She'll wait til she goes home next summer to have the surgery. So, we've adopted Amanda from The Congo.

When we went to pick her up last night for our first time together, we asked her if there was a friend she'd like to invite along---that always makes it easier for the student. She wanted to invite Jenine to go with us to eat at Lone Star (they decided). Jenine is from Seattle (and doesn't like coffee, she says) and is here for her first year of college as a cheerleader. She's very excited. They don't think classes are too hard yet (as long as you go, they said) but they just haven't made many friends at this point. Please be praying for these girls as they adjust to Borger (they're both from CITIES!!) and as we minister to them. By the end of the evening, Jenine said she'd like to be our daughter, too. So we have 2 adopted daughters this year. And as you can tell, Andy introduced them to his addiction of popsicles last night. ha! Jenine is on the left and Amanda is on the right. We had a blast with them last night!