(Steven)

  Something that I've been trying to be careful with is being overly protective of my stuff. When I first got here I was trying to keep all my stuff safe and was worried that one of the kids would break in and take all my stuff. While I'm still always careful to lock my room and keep my things safe as possible, I also want to show the kids that I trust them and want to be-friend them. There's been a couple occasions where the boys asked about using my computer to watch a movie and at first it scared me, but then I told myself that none of this belongs to me. It ALL belongs to the God and if I'm going to place these worldly possessions over these kids, then I never should have come. Since I've started being freer with it, the boys have opened up and have come into our room with us just to hang out. It's been great slowly getting to know them.