Ninos de la Luz

Brothers Joseph (11), Matt (10), and Luke (7) who have lived at Ninos de la Luz for almost two years. (Names of the children have been changed for confidentiality purposes)

Jeremy helping learn the alphabet in the school.

Cassandra Klingenberg
4/14/08

When we moved to Ninos de la Luz, we expected to be busy, but didn’t know with what. Within three days, we realized there was a need to teach at the Esculita, a school on the farm for the boys who are not yet ready to enter the school system. Only weeks before our arrival, the teacher of eight years left. We are serving as substitute teachers until they fill her position. Some of the boys can’t go to the public school because of behavior, learning disabilities, or being academically behind. I’ve been working especially hard with Joseph, age 11, who struggles with identifying numbers, colors, and letters. He’s slowly been progressing as we combine learning the numbers with BINGO, UNO, and flash cards.

Joseph’s dream is to be a pastor one day. Before bed each night, he asks Brett and I to pray for him and his little brother, Luke (7). If we forget, or come in late, he’ll whistle quietly until we come into their room. I’ve never seen a young boy so hungry to pray, sing, and learn scripture. We feel the presence of the Lord is upon him, and believe one day he will be called to be a pastor.

Praises:
-The relationships we have been able to build with the boys
-We have successfully cleaned over 20,000 eggs in the last 3 weeks!

Prayer requests:
-Discernment as we will need to leave the country in a month to renew our passports again.
-Continued energy and strength as we pour into the lives of the boys