Live Out God’s Work: The Incredible Gift of Going
Four years ago I boarded a plane headed to Ethiopia with my 9-year-old son and my 8-year-old daughter. It was only their second time on an airplane and the first time we needed passports to travel. For me, it was a dream come true. At the time, I served as the director of children’s ministry…
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Explore:
Children's Day in Japan
Note to Parents: Exploring traditions from other cultures is one way to expand your family’s view of the world and cultivate a heart for the peoples that God loves. Learn about Children’s Day, an important national holiday in Japan. The Japanese have honored boys and girls since ancient times. In 1948, Children’s Day became a…
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Connect With God’s World:
Paint Your Face Like the Shan
Note to Parents: In the last journal, you read a story about Nang Kham and her family (if you missed the story, find it here).They are Shan, an unreached people group in living in Myanmar and other parts of Southeast Asia. What do Shan families do to protect their skin from getting sunburned on hot…
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Connect with God’s World:
Meet the Shan
Note to Parents: Help your family embrace God’s love for the world. Read this story together to learn about and pray for the Shan, a people group in Southeast Asia. Come with me to the hill country of eastern Myanmar, where Buddhist temples, their tiered roofs gleaming in the sunlight, are the center of everyday…
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Discover God’s Word:
The Samaritan Woman
Note to Parents: Often, as humans, we only see bits and pieces of the enormous story that God has been writing throughout all of history. What would it be like if we viewed the entirety of the Bible from God’s perspective? What if we showed our children that the Bible is actually one big story…
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Your Family and the Glory of God
Perhaps you have heard the phrase, “only for the glory of God.” This is a theme that runs through the entire Bible, that all of creation exists for His glory. If this is true, then God created your family to glorify Him. What exactly is “the glory of God?” We see God's glory in the…
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An Encounter at Sea
Note to Parents: God is at work among refugees from unreached people groups, often leading them to settle in areas where they will have the opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel message. This is a true story of how one man in search of a better life for his family found eternal life…
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Live Out God’s Work:
Welcoming the Nations
We often shelter our children from unknown situations, some because we are good parents who want to keep them safe, and some because we are afraid of the unknown. It is human to be afraid of what we do not know. Unfortunately, we act this way around people who are here from other countries. We…
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Connect With God’s World:
Play a Turkish Game
Note to Parents: In the last journal, you read a story about Yaren and her family (if you missed the story, find it here).They are Turks, an unreached people group in living in Turkey. What do Turk families do for fun? To find out, do the following cultural activity with your family. Cultural Activity: Play…
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Connect With God’s World:
Meet the Turks
Note to Parents: Help your family embrace God’s love for the world. Read this story together to learn about and pray for the Turks, a people group in Turkey. Come with me to Istanbul, where chants stream from the towers of a thousand mosques, calling Muslim families to prayer. Most children here in Turkey have…