Meet Rene!
Rene is a very intelligent young man. At fifteen years old (just had his birthday yesterday the 29th), Rene is our oldest boy in the home. He is also our most advanced student in the school, about to finish his 5th grade year and move on to 6th grade.
Rene has a lot of things he’s interested in. Rene likes to play basketball of course. He’s always out on the court with the other boys! And has recently begun lifting weights with one of our male volunteers here and has enjoyed that as well. He also likes to help out with our maintenance workers at times, digging, laying cement, and other hard work. Rene, like many teenage boys, also likes to sleep– and would sleep in pretty late if we let him! And Rene has also expressed a great interest in engineering/architecture. He is extremely smart, with his favorite subjects being math and science, and would be very good in that line of work!
Rene tends to be pretty quiet. It’s not that he is shy; just that he chooses not to talk as much, depending on who he is around. While in his element, hanging out with the boys, Rene opens up a lot more and likes to play around with them. But when he gets in a larger crowd, or with the many volunteers who come to visit K.I.M, Rene pretty much keeps to himself. Rarely will you see him hanging out with visitors; he just keeps doing his thing… playing basketball and hanging out with his boys.
Rene is only 3 years from officially becoming an adult and moving on into the world to start a career/trade and become more and more self-sufficient. Please pray for Rene as he begins to look forward to that time. Pray that he would have patience and contentment with where he is now, but feel guidance for the future. Pray for Rene as he soon begins the 6th grade and will soon be on his way to high school! (grades 7-10 here). Pray for protection for Rene from the negative influences that loom just outside the gate of the home, and pray for Spiritual understanding and discernment as Rene has struggled to understand Christianity, right vs. wrong, sin, and a handful of other Christian concepts. Pray that the Lord would speak to him and that he would have a true relationship of Christ as his Saviour.
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