All in all it was a good weekend. As with any family we had some ups and downs.
Mentor R took Younger Boy to breakfast on Saturday. They talked about what it means to be trustworthy and accept consequences. As a result Younger Boy has been very concerned about lying. He has prayed at every meal regarding lying and also wrote a note to God about lying. He apologized to me for lying about his homework and he was crying pretty hard when he was apologizing. Prayers that he would continue to understand and praises that his heart is starting to soften.
I had first aid/CPR for six hours on Saturday so the boys were with Babysitter N. She witnessed a blow-up over pop tarts complete with swearing at each other. She took the boys to get haircuts while they were with her. I knew she would need to have something to do or it would be a LONG six hours. Older Boy told her we had talked about him getting a Mohawk. That wasn’t entirely untrue…however…the conversation went more like “Can I get a Mohawk?” and “No.” He was truthful…we did talk about it.
Older Boy is struggling with biting his arm when he is frustrated or angry with himself. Afterward he has a lot of remorse and cries telling me he needs help. Praises that he has the right team in place for therapy and behavior. Prayers that he can get the help he needs and develop other coping strategies for frustrations.
Sunday morning something happened at home which caused a lot of abuse stories to come out before we left for church. Praises the boys feel comfortable enough with me to share them.
Mentor M talked with Older Boy on Sunday morning trying to help him work through his sadness. I am so thankful for them being there, because I was at a point where I couldn’t really help anymore.
We had a great lunch with Younger Boy’s Mentor’s Family. In fact nearly all of the boy’s thanks for the day surrounded being outside at the Mentor R's Family…with the exception of the Crunch Bar Older Boy got for bringing his personal Bible to Youth Group.
Mentor R took Younger Boy to breakfast on Saturday. They talked about what it means to be trustworthy and accept consequences. As a result Younger Boy has been very concerned about lying. He has prayed at every meal regarding lying and also wrote a note to God about lying. He apologized to me for lying about his homework and he was crying pretty hard when he was apologizing. Prayers that he would continue to understand and praises that his heart is starting to soften.
I had first aid/CPR for six hours on Saturday so the boys were with Babysitter N. She witnessed a blow-up over pop tarts complete with swearing at each other. She took the boys to get haircuts while they were with her. I knew she would need to have something to do or it would be a LONG six hours. Older Boy told her we had talked about him getting a Mohawk. That wasn’t entirely untrue…however…the conversation went more like “Can I get a Mohawk?” and “No.” He was truthful…we did talk about it.
Older Boy is struggling with biting his arm when he is frustrated or angry with himself. Afterward he has a lot of remorse and cries telling me he needs help. Praises that he has the right team in place for therapy and behavior. Prayers that he can get the help he needs and develop other coping strategies for frustrations.
Sunday morning something happened at home which caused a lot of abuse stories to come out before we left for church. Praises the boys feel comfortable enough with me to share them.
Mentor M talked with Older Boy on Sunday morning trying to help him work through his sadness. I am so thankful for them being there, because I was at a point where I couldn’t really help anymore.
We had a great lunch with Younger Boy’s Mentor’s Family. In fact nearly all of the boy’s thanks for the day surrounded being outside at the Mentor R's Family…with the exception of the Crunch Bar Older Boy got for bringing his personal Bible to Youth Group.
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