Meet Elder...
/This young boy started coming a few monthes ago. He would come here and there a long time ago, but he started coming to youth center and church services regularly just recently. Kids like him are usually written off as "Necio" or fool, "malcriado" which means badly raised, and "mal educado' or poorly educaded. I have seen him get run out of his house while being whipped with whatever cord or piece of a tree branch his grandma can find, because of his filthy language and rebeliousness. He is only 7 or 8. He can also be really hyperactive. I can tell he isn't taken seriously, even in his home. Doubless he lives in a home where he isn't shown love like a child needs, even though that isn't an excuse for his bad behavior, but he needs to know Jesus. That is why I have been happy to see that he now comes every Sunday morning with his older sister Anna. His attitude changes if you just give him positive attention and even a little bit of responsibility. If I ask him to help put toys away or tidy up the class, he does it and he loves to show me that he did. He seeks affirmation and acceptance. He does still need major discipline, and he responds to it when it is firm but in love instead of being screamed at and kicked out which is probably what he expects. So, pray for Elder and for his home in which are problems.He is so young, now is the perfect time for Him to learn about Jesus so that he may not stray when he is older.
