"Oh God, why was I born here?"

We were all sitting in my room talking about America and what it's like, where I live and about my family.

Then Robertson said, "Oh God, why was I born here?"

I looked at him with a blank expression. I had no idea what to say at that moment. I thought to myself..."God, why was he born here? Why not me? Why is the situation not reversed?" 

Robertson was living with his grandmother when Ma Zoe found him and brought him to Mother Blessings home. He went on to tell me that his grandmother is now dead and only has the names of his parents. He has no idea if his parents are alive or dead. He looked at me and said, "I have no real family."

I quickly disagreed and said that he has a big family in Christ. I told him that if he wasn't brought here he wouldn't have been blessed with 80 brothers and sisters. He wouldn't have been given a chance at life. He would be living on the streets like so many kids in Liberia.

I don't know the answer as to why Robertson was born in Liberia with nothing when I was born in America with everything. But one thing I do know for certain is that the bible always confirms any thoughts of the question why.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

God has a plan for Robertson just like He does all the other 80 children in Mount Barclay. I am so certain of this that I will not worry about Robertson's future because it is already in the hands of God. I told him to never lose hope.

This is why God has me here, to give these kids hope through the Word.