My Friend Sunday

A while back I asked you to pray for a child at the Day Care named Nero. I was amazed and humbled by the affect of your prayers. He blossomed almost overnight. He is more outgoing. He is attempting to learn more English. I have seen him smile SO MANY times in the past few weeks. Your prayers are making a difference.

Id like to tell you about another student at our Day Care. His name is Sunday. He is 6 and getting ready to go to school this coming January. Sunday lives with his grandmother. Both of his parents have passed away. And this past week he recently lost his grandfather.

Sunday came to the Day care a year and a half ago with some coordination problems. At the age of 4, he wasnt able to walk up and down the stairs without adult assistance. He wasnt able to run and often tripped over his own feet when walking. I believe that much of this was due to neglect. In the past year Sunday has made great progress. He now runs and walks up stairs and can climb the jungle gym. His running is a bit awkward and not very fast (he always gets caught when playing Duck Duck Goose!) but he is making progress.

Sunday is considered the "Bad Boy" of the Day Care. Because of his reputation, the children easily blame him for everything that happens. (Although, 50% of the time he probably is at fault.) Although there may be a little ADHD problem, Sunday is very immature for his age. He loves to be the center of attention...be it bad attention or good attention.

Sunday is cute and adorable. He has a loving heart and a desire to learn. But he is also one of those naughty kids that misbehaves and then smiles at you to see what you are going to do about it. Although I find his behavior endearing (Ive always had a soft spot for the naughty ones)....apparently his behavior is going to get him in major trouble at school. The teachers at the center have commented "When the schools see how he is, they are going to put him in one of those special classes and he'll never get out." This breaks my heart. Sunday has the ability to learn. He has the ability to behave. He just desires a little positive encouragement.

Please pray that the teachers at the Day Care will see the great things about Sunday. Please pray that God will prepare a teacher for him that will see his potential and accommodate for his faults. Please pray for his family. Pray that Sunday will overcome the negative expectations that people have of him and live up to the wonderful expectations that God has for him. I know God can imagine so much more for Sunday than I can, so I leave it in his hands to guide the life of this little boy. I cant wait to see what your prayers and God's love can do for this child!