Alright, this is Joel. He's 17 and is the brother of the ever popular Luis Miguel (for those of you who've visited the boys' home here). Joel came to us out of desperation. He'd been kicked out of his house, kicked out of the nice neighbor lady's house, kicked out of his nice friend's house, of his other friend's house, & was now on the streets. I couldn't believe his step-dad wouldn't take him back into his house, so I went with him to 'sort it all out.' Well . . . let's just say there was a lot of profanity & Joel was basically crushed by the end of the conversation, & we were asked to leave.
I won't get into too many details, but the quick version is this is now Joel's past life.
As you've probably figure out already, he's with us now at El Camino (our boys' restoration home), & is basically kicking butt. Really great kid, studying hard to get back into school, super-helpful around the home, respectful - guess he just really needed a fresh start. His dream is to be a physician in order to help folks. Anyway, the honeymoon always wares, & at some point changing our lives always opens up some nasty wounds - so a new face for your prayer list.
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