As I am writing I am in Upstate New York this summer, and while here, we visited the St. Lawrence River. This is a massive river and a popular route for shipping containers. As I watched these massive boats hauling hundreds of shipping containers, I was reminded of a story from 4KIDS.
Stuck in a shipping container…
Just a couple of years ago, a little girl came to a 4KIDS Foster Family in Palm Beach County, and the trauma she had endured prior to arriving at their home was heartbreaking. This little girl had traveled all the way from Guatemala in a shipping container. I cannot imagine the fear she had to experience and the discomfort of being stuck inside a shipping container for so long.
Alone, scared, and in an unfamiliar country, she was first placed in the home of a relative where she faced physical abuse. When 4KIDS was notified that this little girl was in need of a safe and loving foster home, Cheryl* who was a foster parent with 4KIDS…
