Alice - House 1
Alice Jenifer Pereira do Prado was born October 08, 1998. She is one of 7 brothers and sisters, three of whom were sent to COL. The father is locked up in a psychological ward for criminal offenders and the mother has lost parental rights as she does not take care of the children and is always drunk.
The mother is also involved in drugs and lately had to quickly leave the neighbourhood as drug dealers were after her and threatening her life. The mother and the oldest daughter have also been involved in prostitution and the oldest daughter instigates the others to steal and cause trouble.
Alice was right at home as soon as she arrived at COL. The three sisters will be kept together in the 4th home where Joel and Jaqueline are house parents. We have some of her documentation but are awaiting the rest through the court system. Her other brothers and sisters have been given to other families. The three that are with us were with the grandmother but she has no conditions to raise them, especially with the mother coming and going and interfering in their lives. Pray that as Alice is exposed to the Gospel for the first time, she will eventually invite Jesus into her heart.
2008 Update: Alice is nine years old and in grade three. Her work at home is to clean the patio. When she has spare time she loves to play with dolls and computer games. She is friendly, smiles a lot but argues with her sisters at times. Alice is growing well spiritually, participating well in all activities and reading her Bible; she especially likes to sing. She attends both the girls’ group and the Sunday School. She has already asked Jesus into her life. Alice has never given any trouble, does well in school and is very neat. We pray that she will continue this way.
2009 Update: Alice is a good student and received many good grades on her last report card. Her challenge is to deal with strong emotional ups and downs. She asks us to pray that she will continue to do well in Grade 4, especially Science.
Birthday: October 08, 1998
Sisters: Vanessa Jaqueline, Cintia, Yasmin