Friday, June 12, 2009

Abundant Talent in the church at Casa Hogar Douglas

One of our goals with the church we have at Casa Hogar Douglas is to use the talents of the youth in our worship services. We have so much talent in the young people we serve. As they desire to use their talents to serve God, we want to help them. Some of our teens can sing or play musical instruments and they have, or soon will be using their talents in our worship services. We ask the older children from the children's home to read scripture or usher almost every week. A group of our high school and college students practiced and performed a very moving drama a few weeks ago. It was their idea! And, the picture above is 3 year old Diego. He is the nephew of Beto, one of our worship leaders. Last week, he showed us that he is not long away from helping us on the drums! I'm not kidding. You can't hardly see him behind the drums in the photo but he's very good for 3!
The point is, we want all of the kids to use their talents for the Lord. We believe we have many talents and that the young people's interest will grow as they are permitted to use them. The kids feel like this is "their church." They are very proud when American groups come to visit each week. I never have to worry about cleaning the church. The kids from the children's home sweep, mop, wash the windows and set up the chairs before each service. Without fail. A few of the boys even volunteered to help with the remodeling as we have been working on the building. Whatever their talent or ability is, they are using them to serve the Lord. It has been a very cool thing to watch them grow and be excited about their church!

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