Protected by God

After the Worship Service, Ted Olbrich shared the story of one 19 year old boy that lives at the training center. You will probably read this story more than once as it clearly depicts God's protection and love for each of us.

"At the training center there is a healthy and happy 19 year old boy with downs syndrome. His exact age is unknown. Here his story.... When he was about 3 to 6 months old the Khmer Rouge were attacking villages near where his family lived so everyone from the village fled in a hurry accidentally leaving him behind. When the fighting settled down, his family returned to look for him, but assumed he had been killed by the Khmer Rouge or monkey's, since without the men standing guard around the village the monkeys would have had free reign to enter the village. Sometime later a poacher shot a mother monkey living in a coconut tree. We the poacher came in to collect the meat they found the young boy alive and apparently living with the monkeys. Since killing monkeys was illegal the poachers decided to bring the young boy to a community of monks living nearby. The boy lived with the monks for about 4 years(?). The boy was healthy, but didn't talk and seemed to prefer being with the monkeys. The monks decided to release the boy back into the wild to live with the monkeys. Some point after that the boy found his way to the Orphanage (God's guiding hand). He learned to live with people, but they would frequently find the boy climbing coconut trees and sleeping in the branches. One of our team members saw the boy break dance, and he was quite good. I'll post a picture if I have one, but I wanted to share as much as I could remember from the story while it was fresh. What a testament of Gods love for a boy that in the worlds eyes would seem insignificant. I can't wait to see how God continues to use him for HIS glory!