Over the last 3 weeks a pattern has developed with Ruby, one of the Grande girls. Every morning I work I get to help her with her homework, normally math. I hate math- but I love math with Ruby. She is so patient with my shaky math vocabulary and has obviously missed vital foundational schooling in the past, but she tries so hard and takes it very seriously. When I wake her up in the morning she often asks right away, "Me ayudas con mi tarea hoy?". I find myself looking forward to the chance to spend time with her, frequently we get to talk about drama in the house or insecurities and sometimes we just laugh. She is a delightful person, like any teenage girl she can be hyper and silly, and she has taken to calling Mitch and I mama and papa. She thinks we need to adopt her and always talks about how fantastic our "family" is. She has a great sense of humor and I tell her that she would hate life with us since we are jobless and homeless at the moment, but she persists. Another favorite pastime of Ruby's (along with the other girls) is doing my hair crazily and then taking pictures, as seen below.
She has family in Tapachula, and I'm not exactly sure about her whole story, but she has an older brother that treats her poorly and a mother that cannot provide for her, and now she is here.
I know that God has a plan for Ruby. I pray that he will give her strength and endurance to break the cycle she has seen modeled by her mother, and be an amazing example for her own daughter one day. Keep Ruby in your prayers today if you think about her, she needs our support!
Thanks for stopping by.
Hasta luego,
Jessi
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