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Thanksgiving, Missions, and “Saints”

A Mission-Minded Thanksgiving: Featuring two Christian heroes from the same family – Nate Saint and Rachel Saint Imagine sitting down for a scrumptious Thanksgiving dinner with all of your relatives. Everyone is eager to eat; but as you survey grandma’s extra-long dining room table, complete with all the ...

A Homeschooler’s Heart for Orphans

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Do you have a child with a fervent love for God and a desire to fulfill Great Commission to “go into all the world to preach the Gospel” (Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:15)? Do you have a son or a daughter with a particular heart for international benevolence, or for orphan children, or for hurting people? If so, I...

You Can GO: Taking a Family Mission Trip

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For many homeschooling families, taking an overseas missions trip with a child (or several children) sounds utterly impossible. “How could our family afford it?” “How could we take that much time off work?” “How is it possible to travel with kids?” “But what about our...

St. Patrick’s Day: GREEN means GO!

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All throughout the month of March, St. Patrick’s Day decorations can remind you and your family to pray for Christian missions and to highlight the need for sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. St. Patrick’s Day GREEN can remind us that we’re all called to GO and preach the Gospel! Enjoying Missions...

Praying and Learning about Haiti

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The horrific news from Haiti has filled your living room. News reports a unimaginable death toll between 100,000 to 200,000 people. 3 million people were affected. Nearly the entire capital city of Port-au-Prince is devastated and covered in rubble. Is it too late to help? The initial media-enthusiasm is waning, yet millions of...

Plan for a MISSION-MINDED 2010

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Have you considered setting aside a few days in early January to seek the Lord’s will for this NEW YEAR? Do you desire for your family and personal life to become more effective for God’s Kingdom, and for ETERNITY? At the end of each year, our family has always invested a few days to reflect upon the past 12 months,...

Have Yourself a Mission-Minded Christmas!

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“I’ll be Home for Christmas” Isn’t it an awesome song, with a heart-tugging theme? With three of our seven totally-homeschooled children now practically “grown-up” and beginning to live on their own, it’s a momma-dream I can relate to . . . sprinkled with annual hopes and anticipation....

Passports for Missions

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Have you considered traveling internationally, or taking a family mission trip? When Hudson Taylor was only five years old he said, “When I’m a man, I mean to be a missionary and go to China.” This mission call grew, until as a young adult Hudson Taylor exclaimed, “I feel I cannot go on living unless I do something for...