said his name was really chris gomez. >> father, we thank you for this food. >> soon the pastor was bringing chris home after church to share sunday dinners with his family. >> he was kind of sad initially when he would sit at our table. he would keep his head down and would not look at us and would just fumble in his food but not eat it. i would sit him next to me. i said, chris, it's okay to eat, you're safe in our house. >> the pastor took the boy under his wing, signed him up for the royal rangers, the church's youth group for boys, even bought him a uniform. he also helped him sign up for middle school, where special education teacher tony cook tested chris to see which grade he should attend. he noticed something unusual about chris, that he looked older than 13. >> there are certain diseases that can cause that, so we were on the internet, trying to figure out what type of disease this person might have. >> still, he seemed well enough. and by the time cook had spent the better part of four days with chris, the kid had impressed her. >> he actually told me he watched "jeopardy" and th