Working with the Older Kids

We went with the group from Mesquite today to an orphanage for older boys today.  Casitas Kennedy was having mosquito treatments...again, so we were not allowed to visit today.  The group planned some activities for the boys, then we just played soccer.  First of all, it was very different working with the older boys.  Teenage boys are already hard enough to get talking, but just imagine adding on the language barrier.  I was a little overwhelmed.  As we were doing the program, I was thinking about how many of these boys grew up in the system.  They were once the kids we love on every day at Casitas Kennedy.  I am sure some group from America came down for a week, shared about Jesus, and gave them some gifts.  But now?  It is so sad to think about the future of some of the kids.  The reality of their future is so close.  What will they do when they age out?  Who will be there to teach them how to be men?  How can we help them?