Connect With God’s World:
Rajput Wristbands
Note to Parents: In the last journal, you watched a video about the Rajput, an unreached Hindu people group in northern India (if you missed the video, find it here ). Rajputs value strong family relationships. To find out how they honor the bond between brothers and sisters, do the following cultural activity with your…
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Connect With God’s World:
Meet the Rajputs
Note to Parents: Help your family embrace God’s love for the world. Watch and discuss this video together to learn about the Rajputs, a people group in northern India. Then pray that they would come to know Jesus. Watch: Watch Rajput Kids with your family. Discuss: Rajput children enjoy many of the same things that…
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Discover God’s Word:
The God of Daniel
Note to Parents: When we consistently use a “God-sized” lens to share God’s Word with our family, it broadens our children’s understanding of who God is and how He acts in our world. It also changes how our children view themselves, their blessings, and their purpose. Sharing the Bible with our children through a “God- sized”…
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Live Out God’s Work:
Inviting Others Into God’s Story
When I first learned about God’s big story and the reality of unreached people groups, I wanted to tell everyone I knew. I loved sharing about what God was teaching me and inviting others into that journey. Little did I know there was a word for that – mobilization. Mobilization is not a biblical term,…
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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…