"ALEX" AS WE CALL HIM HERE AT THE ORPHANAGE, IS A BOY WHO NEVER WANTED TO ATTEND SCHOOL. HE PREFERRED TO SPEND HIS DAYS WITH HIS FRIENDS RUNNING AROUND IN THE STREETS. MANY TIMES HE FAILED TO COME HOME FOR DAYS AT A TIME.

OF COURSE HIS MOTHER WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO GO TO SCHOOL. SHE WOULD SEND HIM TO SCHOOL AND HE WOULD RUN OFF WITH HIS FRIENDS AND NOT RETURN HOME UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. FEARING THAT "ALEX" WAS GOING TO GET INTO SERIOUS TROUBLE, HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE ORPHANAGE.

ALEX FELL IN LOVE WITH THE ORPHANAGE FROM THE FIRST DAY, HE SAID HE LIKED IT SO MUCH THAT HE WANTED TO STAY. WE HAVE FOUND THAT ALEX HAS AN ACTIVE IMAGINATION ABOUT EVERYTHING, AND ESPECIALLY HIS FAMILY. SOME OF HIS STORIES ARE TRUE WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT, BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS BOTH INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING. HE NOW ATTENDS SCHOOL EVERYDAY WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE ENJOYS HIS HOMEWORK.

DAY BY DAY HE IS LEARNING TO WORK WITH HIS FAMILY HERE AT THE ORPHANAGE, AND IS RESPONDING TO THE WORD OF GOD AND THE LOVE OF OTHERS.