“Your kids have asked me better questions than most adults.” The visiting missionary shook her head in surprise, then smiled at me across the dining room table.My family was hosting a missionary our church supported. Over dinner, my children had a chance to hear about her ministry and ask questions. Joy sprang up in my heart like a bouncy ball. Their interest in another culture wasn’t an accident. I cast a simple vision for how we—my kids included—have a part in God’s global plan and now it was spilling out during a dinnertime conversation.
Over the years, I’d found pockets of time in our family rhythms—like the drive to school, mealtime, or bedtime routines—to foster a heart for the nations and teach my kids how God is a God for all people groups (Isa. 49:6). Somehow God multiplied these small investments to develop a global perspective in my children.Read full story on Gospel-Centered Family.
