The Foster Child Whose Room Was Already Painted
When Marcus Davis was eleven years old, he had been through six placements in the Kansas City foster system. He had learned to keep his...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 1:43-51.
When Marcus Davis was eleven years old, he had been through six placements in the Kansas City foster system. He had learned to keep his shoes by the bed and his expectations low. So when his caseworker told him a couple in Overland Park wanted to meet him, he shrugged. "What do they even know about me?" he muttered. What Marcus didn't know was that David and Rosa Herrera had already read every page of his file.…
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