Starting a new Job.

It has been about a month now since I started working for Omni Visions. So far so good. I started out slow, but now have a full caseload of 7 kids. Each one very differant and very unique. I am excited to work with these 7 kids. I wonder how long I will have to build relationships with these kids. Let me tell you a little bit about my kids;

5 out of the 7 kids that I have have been sexually abused. All five while living in their own home.

One of my kids was found in a trash bag in China when she was a baby, was taken to an orphanage, adopted by an american family, and sexually abused for years by her adoptive dad, before she finally made it to a new family. This little girl has been living with a foster family for 2.5 years and they are starting the adoptive process. I hope that her story will be full of redeptions.

One of my kids that was sexually abused acted out on his younger sister and was convicted in court as a sexual perpetrator. He spent 3 days in juvenile detention before being released into DCS custody. Did I mention that he is 9.

Anyway, this is just a bit on the kids that I am having the priveledge to work with. I really enjoy all of them and look forward to helping them through this journey of their life. Pray for me as I do this though. It is hard not to get overwhelmed by everyone's stories and to help them conquer their pasts.

Even though I just started this job I am realizing that I have another dream. I have been thinking a lot about being a Child Life Specialist and working in a hospital and through the past several weeks little things here and there have continued to pop up which have reminded me of this dream. One was a letter that came for Dad from St. Jude children's hospital in St. Louis. I almost cried as I read the letter asking for support and I wanted to be a part of that organization. I wanted to have an impact on those kids, not just through money, but through giving of myself. Today I was reading a friend's blog and saw a link to another woman's blog. She works for Hope Hospital or something like that in Uganda. She was talking about the kids that she works with and my heart skipped a beat and I wanted to be in Uganda, working at a hospital, helping kids to not feel afraid while they recieve treatment.
I think that this is a dream that I really need to pursue! Although I am enjoying my job right now, I get goose-bumps when I think about working in a hospital, being a child life specialist. I think I may have been destined for that kind of work?

Here is a link to the story that i was reading earlier:


Sorry I haven't updated in soo long. Although, Rin, Sarah, Mom.. you all need to update too :)