- Do you have a support system?
Uh.
JOHN GRAY: Is his father involved?
Uh, no.
I will call Dad, I'm like Dad, he's crying for you,
he want to know where you are.
What did he say?
He didn't answer the phone.
Journey have said, Mama, even though Daddy don't love
me anymore, I still love him.
And that broke me.
And he says that to this day.
JOHN GRAY: He's five and he already--
He was saying that--
JOHN GRAY: --he knows.
--at three.
It got pretty bad because both my parents are deceased,
and I didn't have anybody to help me with raising him,
help me with Journey.
There's been times I've had to take Journey to work with me
because I didn't have nobody to watch him.
I just became overwhelmed.
And it just-- I just remember times like, Lord, I don't know.
I've had people that, you know, resources that came to me
knew I was dealing with Journey.
Five years with always some type of medical condition
or concern.
Borderline artistic, ADHD, a nerve disorder.
He's stimulated differently, and it makes him
act out in a defiant behavior.
He'll start screaming.
I did have some family members that tell me, well, you
know there's other alternatives that you can take
on if you can't raise Journey.
And they mentioned adoption.
But I know in my heart that I would never want
to give my son up for adoption.
Do you get sleep at night?
Pastor John, it's, um--
it's been life-changing.
I just didn't know that I wasn't going to have the support I
was going to need.
And I didn't know that Journey was going
to have so many different complications
with his medical conditions, as well.
So those two bombs that was dropped on me, it scared me.
It's been overwhelming challenges that have definitely
have caused me to almost you want to feel
like you're having a breakdown.
Absolutely.
Just listening to what Latreka has gone through
causes me to have to kind of sit back and catch my breath.
You have a special needs child that needs your attention,
and she has not given up.
And kudos to you, Latreka.
God has not forgotten about you, and you will
see the fruit of your tears.
It's been a whirlwind of so many different things.
It beginning to take a toll on me because I
don't have a support system.
And he's been kicked out of seven daycares,
and he's only five.
His behavior, they just don't-- they felt like he's a threat
to other children.
He might scream unexpectedly--
JOHN GRAY: I do that.
--me too, sometimes.
How about that?
What's so amazing to me, even with the conditions
they trying to label him with, he always say, Mom,
I want to be a pastor.
And that just blows my mind because he loves to preach.
JOHN GRAY: Here.
Give me your hand.
Look at me.
You're a good boy.
He's shy?
LATREKA: He's shy.
Come here, buddy.
Guess what?
I'm proud of you because, even though other people don't
understand you, I think I do.
LATREKA: Aw.
OK.
I want you to know, Latreka, you're not alone.
He's a miracle.
And the areas that he is challenged in,
I will begin to pray.
But there are also some practical things.
So there are some people I want you to meet.
LATREKA: OK.
Maybe there are some resources that we can get to you.
LATREKA: OK.
I do believe that there's a purpose for him.
And I don't know what that purpose is,
but God makes no mistakes.
And I'm gonna be with him every step of the way
when everybody turn they backs on him,
and label him and call him a misfit, he won't make it,
give him up, give him away, go on with your life.
No, I lay my life down for him.