OCTOBER 11TH 1988

MARTIN IS A BOY WHO HAS SUFFERED A LOT. WHEN HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS, HIS DAD WAS AN ALCOHOLIC AND MISTREATED HIS MOTHER. WHEN HIS MOM MADE THE DECISION TO SEPARATE FROM HIS FATHER, HE STAYED WITH HIS FATHER. THIS WAS A TIME OF MUCH TORMENT, AS HIS DAD VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY ABUSED HIM. BECAUSE OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, HIS MOM TOOK HIM TO LIVE WITH HER. HOWEVER, THIS WAS VERY DIFFICULT AS SHE DIDN’T HAVE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO SUPPORT MARTIN AND HIS SISTER PATY.

NOW THAT MARTIN IS AT THE ORPHANAGE, HE IS REALIZING THAT NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO HURT HIM, AND THAT THERE ARE MANY GOOD THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. IT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO ADAPT TO THE MANY CHANGES, BUT HE REALIZES THAT THEY ARE GOOD FOR HIM. IN THE BEGINNING HE THOUGHT THAT ALL THE BAD THINGS ALWAYS HAPPENED TO HIM, BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE HE REALIZES THAT THERE ARE MORE GOOD THINGS THAN BAD THINGS.

DAY BY DAY GOD HAS BEEN CHANGING HIM AND MOLDING HIS LIFE. HE HAS ACCEPTED THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE LOVE OF EVERYONE AROUND HIM. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT HE IS A BOY WHO WILL RECEIVE ALL THAT GOD HAS FOR HIM.