Castaway Kid

Back in November my church

had a guest speaker.

This speaker name is

Rob Mitchell

and we wrote this book.

From the moment he started to talk

he had me captured.

He talked about

life since he was 3 years old and was taken to an

orphanage by his mom.

He talked about things that he did or things that

happen to him while being a young lad

in orphanage.

When we would speak about

a particular rule

or incident that would happen.

Erin would nod her head

and sign that that happen to her to

or similar things.

 

He talked about when he found God,

Truly found him.

He talked about questioning him

when he was struggling with his relationship with God.

I seen that with Erin earlier this year.

He struggled with understanding why God

was "allowing" these bad things happen to him.

Erin also questioned this before.

He talked about having to own up to his decisions and actions

which was very hard for him to do.

Erin was the same way, it took her a long

time to open her heart to God.

Rob talked about trusting God

and trying learning how to trust God.

Erin knows she can trust God

even if she feels she is backed in a corner.

 

After Church was done, I brought his book.

Jenny asked to read it right away and took her less then a day

to read it.  She couldn't put it down.

She had a lot of questions

good conversations.

Under normal circumstances

I wouldn't let an 10 year old read it,

But Jenny it is a different story.

 

I have also read it

and discuss parts of it with Erin.

When I would tell her about a incident

or situation that Rob wrote about

she would always say something

about her life in China

in the orphanage or

boarding at the deaf school.

 

I also talked to her about him having so much anger and rage

and how he learned to let it go and get it under control.

Erin had some anger times and

with therapy and learning,

she has gotten it under control.

 

Erin has been home just over 3 years.

Sometimes when she get frustrated or feels

she backed in the corner,

she will say things that she feels

will get me to react and before she was successful at times

and other times she wasn't.

Now she doesn't get me to react.

I am blunt with her and always reinforce to her that

it is her decision and she will need to live with that decision.

It took Erin awhile to understand that.

To understand that you are in control of your decisions.

 

I am amaze many times on how fortunate Erin is,

I have heard the stories and watched

Intervention at times

hearing their stories and hearing about

what Erin has endured before coming home

I am Grateful that

God stayed with her all the time,

even when she wasn't a believer at all

even when she was told to hate Jesus,

he stayed by her

held her until she felt safe.