My name is Mayra Durán and I have been helping at El Faro with the children’s ministry for the last three years. I just finished my degree in psychology at the University and this year I started helping at the local village school as a counselor.
It came to my attention that there was important information that the kids and youth needed that they were not receiving from home or school. I knew that I needed to use my skills to give informative talks to these kids in elementary and middle school level. These talks included equality between boys and girls, techniques for studying, getting to know their body changes, motor skills, health, and others. In each talk I made time for the students to give questions about anything topic we were discussing . It was interesting to hear the doubts and questions that many of the youth had.
After doing these activities in the school I’ve realized that there is a lack of information from home, lack of resources for their study, lack of values at school such as responsibility, and above all, lack of love and interest from their parents. Lots of young people look for answers and love in wrong people or places. That’s why it is so important that the parents become the teachers and friends of their children so they can take the time to listen to their problems, doubts, feelings, etc.
I believe that what I am doing is something God tell us all to do in our daily lives: inspire and show the love of Jesus by using our skills and gifts.
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