One thing we've come to realize with the ministry at the home is that people come into the home with two basic emotional reactions. These are known as fight or flight. Because of all the things that have happened in their lives, they have either learned to cope through fighting or by running away.
The fighters can be mean. They are mean to the staff, mean to other girls, mean to their children. It is tough to see, tough to live with. It effects us personally.
The fighters are easy to deal with--until they run away.
I've decided I'll take a fighter any day. Although she fights and gets angry and jealous, she stays. This allows us to slowly chip away at the rough exterior and get to the heart.
But the flighters are difficult. When the emotions come to a point they can't deal with them, they simply run from us. And then there is no way to help them.
Ginny*, Ina* and Anika* are all filled with flight. Ginny* packed her things and left this week. Ina* left us last fall for good. Anika* left last summer,and now wants to come back, but we have the legal issues worked out first (she is underage).
Please pray that God would show us how to break through early to those that want to run. They live with a lot of shame, fear, and despair. It is easy to recognize those emotions.
Pray that God would show us how to break through these emotions, help them to stay so that they can find a path to healing and freedom.
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