When some folk have heard that we took our two older boys (6 and 4)on our recent Mission trip to Ubombo, I have noticed their surprised looks. No one has said the words, but we have noticed their facial expressions, which have all implied, "You took your kids where?"
So Yes, we took our kids on a Mission Trip and it has done them the world of good. We pray that in the end it will give them some greater perspective on life and how we should seek to help others. At least now when we give them the whole speech about 'finish your food cause there are starving kids in Africa' they will not be able to retort and ask us 'you are always talking about these kids, but we never see them!' Now, our little boys know that there are other kids (the same age as them) who don't have any parents, who struggle with megre resources and who are battling with HIV.
Life is not just a cocoon that we shape around our kids to protect them - it is good for them to slowly understand that life is difficult, but that with 'Love' we can conquer a lot of injustice.
The Bible says that if you train up a child in the way that he should go, that when he is older that he will not depart from the WAY (Proverbs 22:6). This is another reason why we wanted our boys to come on Mission with us. Jesus always had a heart for the poor, lost and marginalised. If we do the same, then we mirror the heart of our Saviour.
Grace upon Grace,
D3LM3
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