Building Community

Another way of building community is through our young people. Recently our "adolescentes" went to a teen gathering with the churches in Lima. Padre Juan Carlos drove the 15-17 of them to Lima in his van. They had a great time! He stopped for them to see the coast, look down on the Nazca lines, and bumped off the road to show them a tiny museum that houses a whale skeleton in the middle of a huge, dry desert. Our Arequipa youth were able to share with other teens in Lima. They left here as a group of acquaintances and came back a group of friends. Margot from Casa Hogar Sagrada Familia was with our group. Padre Ron and Vicki are always looking for ways to include the Casas kids in activities outside their daily routine. After the trip there was a great follow-up session with kids and their families present. We go as the parents of our Casas kids. There was sharing, many giggles, and prayers afterwards. Even the parents got to know one another a bit more as they comisserated on the trials of parenting adolescents. You can just make out Margot with a big smile in the background.