While at BRT, some of his favorite memories are cottage trips to Texas and Lake Texoma. He recalls nature walks, eating out and a Ranger’s Baseball game as highlights. The most important aspect he remembers is his feeling of being part of a family, “something I had never had before.”

Sergio enjoyed fun food challenges in the cottage and playing in the puddle in front of his cottage when the driveway filled with rain. He appreciates the times his housedad would redirect him in his behavior. This happened a lot through cottage devotions, as the lessons “convicted me and made me a more responsible adult,” says Sergio.

When asked why someone should support the ministry of BRT, he responded, “Because this place can shape a kid to be a Christian man and change the perspective kids have on this world…see the light even when the world seems like it’s filled with darkness, change the perspective of thinking negative to thinking positive.”

“We are very proud of Sergio for being motivated to do well, and how he’s organized in his plans and serious about his faith,” said Brian and Leah Ingraham, Sergio’s houseparents since sixth grade. “We want him to know he will always be a part of our family.”

“This is a family to me: building that bond with others, seeing everyone succeed, learning to put others before yourself and take care of yourself.”

Sergio made straight A’s his senior year in high school and discovered a love for running after a season of cross country. He learned endurance and finishing well in cross country which has prepared him for what God has next for him, basic training in the military. Sergio will be training in the U.S. Army for 6 months.