We are not missionaries in the sense that we travel to Africa or Ethopia or any other countries to witness to the world. But my kids are missionaries in the own right; in our very own neighborhood. Here are some examples.
Remember when I told you about Care Bear's first sleepover? The next day, I was talking with Barbie and she told me that Care Bear could not quit talking about church the whole time she was there. She spoke about Sunday School, about singing, about her friends; all the while "preaching" to Blondie 1 that "You need to go to church with me".
Care Bear on many occasions has invited Blondie 1 and Blondie 2 to go to Sunday School with her. The Blondies always refuse. Blondie 1 informs us that "Church is boring". Sure, church is boring if your parents take you once every 5 months and they take you to a church without Sunday School for kids, or nursery care.
Care Bear doesn't give up. One of these days, she'll wear her down, my little missionary she is.
Feisty is on her way, too. Her favorite movies among her collection are her "Jesus tape" (which is just a collection of real classic Sunday School songs that have young children singing to them). In the car, she must listen to her "Jesus tape"....a similar tape just in audio rather than video. She equally adores Veggie Tales.
In the aforementioned "Jesus tape" (video version), the children sing "If You're Happy and You Know It". When they sing "If you're happy and you know it say Amen!", they say this while going down a slide. Now, whenever we're at the park, Feisty emulates the children in the video exclaiming "AMEN!" hands high up in the air while going down the slide; thereby witnessing to everyone in the park. Feisty, my little missionary she is!
Anakin is a missionary to the most important person he could be a missionary to, and that is his BM. BM is the furthest thing from a Christian one could be. It grates on her every nerve that we have been faithfully taking Anakin to church every Sunday and Wednesday while she has been "absent BM". This past Christmas, when she all of a sudden decided she wanted to be a party of Anakin's life again, she wanted to resume the previous court ordered schedule of Wednesday nights and Saturday into Sunday. The dates were arranged and approved by the courts before Hubby and I even got to see the final arrangement. But that is neither here nor there right now. When BM decided to start taking Anakin regularly again, he wanted to switch the schedule to allow him to attend church again. He proposed to his mother going over there on Tuesdays and Fridays so he could go to church on Wednesdays and Sundays. She made up some lame excuse as to why that would not work for her and has made sure she has her visits on every Wednesday and Saturday night without fail. There is an occasion here and there where a visit may be missed when Anakin gets to go to church, but not very often. Somehow, he manages to keep the knowledge he has learned in church with him, however. He'll tell me every now and then something he has told his mother about God, or Jesus or church, and inside myself I get a sly little grin just imagining what his mother must think when she is so utterly opposed to his going to church. Anakin, my little missionary he is!
Maybe one of these days one of my munchkins will be missionaries in a far off land; but for now, they're doing a great job right where they are!
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Oh, those precios grandkids of mine!! Anthony got sick the day he was supposed to go to camp. So we tried for this week, even though it was full. We thought maybe somebody wouldn't come. He went down with the kids, and had to come back because there wasn't room for him. He told Kristen, "That's okay - maybe God has something special for me this week and I wasn't supposed to go." Pretty good!
What a beautiful way to introduce your children to the important things of life!
You are a living example of "Train up a child in the way they should go!"
Diane
That is just too sweet! I'm glad that they get so much out of church to share it with everyone! There isn't enough of that these days!
That is a great post! Thanks for sharing your kids' missionary experiences! That is so important. Just goes to show they have a Christlike mother.
1st of all per your last post--i was in interior design! i loved it but could never see myself actually doing it for a living so i went to business. i also can't see myself doing that but i'm just happy i got a degree!
2nd--i have so many mixed feelings about the whole her not letting him go to church thing. i hate divorce orders! i know that things have to work for the parents but these are the kids' lives and i think it is so unfair to make him miss church to fit her schedule! i come from a divorced family and i hated hated hated having to listen to my dad gripe b/c i wanted to go to church and i made him drive me there. i totally think kids should have some say in a thing like that and as long as it is a reasonable request (church) i think the child's opinion should be HEAVILY taken into consideration. shame on that heifer for denying him that privilege! we need to pray for her...and me too i guess since it isn't Christ like to call her a heifer. forgive me Lord. sometimes i just don't understand people!
You have some pretty impressive children. I am so glad that they stick to their convictions! What a blessing to you!
This is the best kind of missionaries...life-type missionaries...living the truth we are all supposed to live!
That is TOO cool and I'll be praying for the SS and BM situation.
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