Juan

Juan is a 6 year old boy, who just started in the diaconal project in Huaycan in February. When I met him, he was still quite disobedient and getting into trouble all of the time. He is from a broken family. He has 6 siblings, some from different fathers. One of the fathers is now in prison due to his involvement in the terrorist activity in the 80's, and his father is almost nonexistent in his life. His mother had to make the hard decision within the last year to place two of Juan’s siblings in an orphanage type setting because she could not afford feeding all of her children.

Juan is in the program for such reasons. Like the other children, he receives a well-balanced meal, a toothbrush and tooth paste, help with homework, devotionals, and playtime.



He used to misbehave during the devotional time, probably to avoid the lessons. So we’d take him into the other room alone, where he got the devotional anyways.

He has made such a difference, now he is praying with the children too, and his mom says that his behavior at home is a lot better, and it is so much better at the program. I have seen a huge difference too. I love working with this precious child!