Mauricio, 12, was put to work assembling lap harp frames and got quite good at it.
In only a few hours, he assembled 54 frames. In the video below, he is using a staple gun that a brother (in Christ) brought down from the USA. Before then, we were waiting for about two hours for the glue to dry before we could take the frames out of the jig. Now, it takes about two minutes to apply the glue, staple it together, and turn it over and staple the other side. It immediately can be removed from the frame, because the staples are holding it together while it dries.
He lives with his mom, brother and sister in the "invasion"; a very poor family. He's always waiting for the door to open in the morning and is always one of the last ones to leave. He says when his mom leaves for the day, she locks him out. He's still going to school; he comes to the shop (community center) in the mornings before school and then again, in the afternoons after school lets out.
We were greatly blessed last Sunday, when Mauricio came to church for the first time.
I have found (not always) that boys in this age group generally are not proud. They are better listeners than their older teenage brothers and therefore learn to do a better job.
Mauricio is a boy that aims to please and is proud of his work.
