Tamires

Tamires is eleven, and small for her age.

She is ostracized by most of the children her age. She not only often has lice, but is dirt poor and lives in the backwoods (even of Cajueiro Claro). She wears either homemade clothes or ones recievd from donations. She is shy but determined. Her older brother Demas starting coming to Living Stones last year, and she would tag along behind any time he would let her and she didn’t have to stay home taking care of her five younger brothers and sisters.

There is no father in the picture, and her mother scrambles to keep things together. At the end of last year, Demas went to live with relatives that provided him with a job—at 14—helping to support his family. I doubt he will be continuing school, and know his reading level is not above second grade. We have missed Demas at Living Stones, but Tamires still makes the long trek to the church a couple times a week with two or more of her siblings in tow.

Two weeks ago, Tamires’ mother was told that their house was sold (they had been renting) and they were to move out as soon as possible. The mother is 5 months pregnant, and her closest family is about 2 hours away—for a family in the middle of nowhere, that is a very, very long way. Tamires does not know how to read or write above a first grade level. With this move, she will miss the rest of this semester of school. Please pray for Tamires and her family during this hard time, especially for this unborn baby. If you would like to help financially in any way, please e-mail amobrasil99@hotmail.com