34 - Where Were They?

By Kay Heitsch

I didn't know what we were supposed to do as a booster. Ricky came over to our home a lot. He was a smart guy and very athletic. He wanted to join football, so I enrolled him in that.

When his sister, Danyelle, turned 7, she was old enough to be in the program, so I became her booster as well.

We had both Ricky and Danyelle for several years. They spent a lot of weekends with us, and we even took them with us on vacation. They became part of our family.

One day, the school called and asked if I knew where Ricky and Danyelle were because they hadn't been in school all week. I had no idea because we would have them on the weekend.

I immediately drove out to their trailer, and there was no one around. This was very upsetting. No one knew where Ricky, Danyelle, and their mother were. It seemed that they had vanished.

I prayed often to hear from them, but it was crickets. Around 6 months later, I received a collect call from their mom. She apologized for not sending me the letters the kids had written and asked if we could take care of them again.

My prayer was answered, but what does this now mean?