LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL

Kimberly is six years old.

Kimberly is a natural on the drums!  She is just a little girl only 6 years old, but she climbs up on the stool and tenderly and gracefully taps out a little rhythm to the music.  Instead of banging and clanging as most children her age like to do, she makes a gentle sound that is pleasing.  She’s our little drummer girl!

Yesterday was practice time at the church.  Everyone was getting ready for a visiting youth group that planned to present a drama.  The youth group asked for local people to participate by singing or playing an instrument or in some other way.  Kimberly’s mother Azucena and two of her older sisters plan to sing a special song for the occasion, so without being noticed Kimberly slipped behind the drums and began to accompany them.  She was almost hidden by the size of the drums!

Music practice with Pastor Gerardo on the keyboard, Nahum on an electric guitar and Azucena and her daughters singing.

Kimberly is the daughter of Alejandro and Azucena Canales, members of Bethesda Church of God in Nuevo Progreso. There are many other talented children at the church who will one day be youth leaders or music leaders or even pastors of churches.  These children have the great advantage of having a pastor who is also a music teacher.  

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.” Psalm 100:1