Difficult Decisions

In their effort to help street children and youth have a new life, the Team at MITS face hard decisions often. The basic policy about runaways from our Center is that "you are free, so you can run but you can't return." Normally we hold to that policy rigidly. But recently one of our more vulnerable and young girls, Prisca Kerubo, ran away at lunch time. She was quickly missed, and the team searched for her. She went back to Eastleigh, and Moses Gicharu, one of the Team based in Eastleigh, found her at Mlango Kubwa area. She was high on glue. He got her to return to the Center, but she ran again. When they found her next, they were sure she had been raped, so they took her to a local hospital. While waiting for the doctor, she ran again.

Then the Team found she had a mother, so they took her there. She ran again. Now her father has also shown up, but she will not stay with either of them. Mbuvi reports this about the Team working together to make a decision.

"Prisca was brought by her dad to the centre after she ran away from home on Monday. She looked high and both the dad and her begged tocome back to the farm. I told him of our policy, but also told him we could talk about it in our meeting. Most of the team would like for usto take her because they think she will not stay home. Phillip said MITS is the only place she has ever stayed for months without running away. He believes we can help her change. I think we will try her one more
time. Next week we will ask Moses Gicharu to start the process to bring her back."

Please pray for our Team's ability to make the best decisions for the kids. At least if they err in this case it is for the sake of compassion. Some decisions are more difficult than this one.

Mbuvi also reports that Joel Njue and the VBS crew are in Nziu leading a Vacation Bible School. His crew includes some Team members and some students at MITS. And that this week some of the students were taken to visit relatives at their homes.