Wednesday, 07 January 2009
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Well, That’s The Best Excuse I’ve Heard In….Ever
Guest post from TheSecretLifeofKat
A recent conversation with my daughters...
Me: “Go clean your room, girls.”
Daughter: “I can’t Mommy. I want to finish praying for these missionaries first. Ok?”
Me: “Um. Yeah. Well....sure thing.”
What?!
Who are these children and how did I get them?It was missions week at my daughter’s school. They had prayer cards for each of the missionaries and, apparently, my daughter collected one of each and now had them laid out on the floor all around her.
She was on her tummy with her chin in her hands, her mouth moving soundlessly as she looked at each card.
Soon enough her 4 year old sister joined her and after a brief argument about “who gets to pray for Nairobi first” they taped all the cards under the counter and spent the rest of the afternoon looking at the cards and praying for the missionaries.
Really. When I grow up, I want to be like my kids.
Our turn- If you know a missionary, tell everyone about them in the comments so we can all pray for them today.
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Comments (42)
Aww you have wonderful little girls!
Wow. "When I grow up, I want to be more like my kids."
I don't have any kids, but I help teach 4--year-olds in Sunday School, and sometimes I get that same impression.
wonderful children
As for missionaries....My friend Lisa and Her husband and 2 children are missionaries....(Location withheld for their protection)
This is one of my favourite missionary families:
http://billandlena.blogspot.com/
My brother is a missionary in the Appalachian mountains of SE Kentucky. He works as the caretaker of a campground that offers free weeks of summer camp to the impoverished children of the area in return for memorizing scripture verses throughout the year. His camp is called Scripture Memory Mountain Mission. His name is Jonathan.
@icicle84@xanga - That line hit me too... square in the chest.
Daughter: “I can’t Mommy. I want to finish praying for these missionaries first. Ok?”
Precious. How amazingly precious.
that is awesome! that is definatly the best excuse i have EVER heard!!
Now that is adorable!! That is ONE excuse I would gladly accept, :) What lovely children you have! You should be absolutely delighted!
aww...this made me smile! you have adorable daughters.
Sarah is on Revelife and working in Japan. She should be coming back to NY soon, but I am sure prayers would be more than welcomed! :)
@Papillon_Mom@xanga - out of the mouth of babes ....
Wow - what great kids you have! :) I think that missionaries are often forgotten by people, myself included.
It would be great if we could remember the Bartons in Japan, and the Goldmans in Russia. :)
I have lots of friends who are missionaries.. to name a few: Julie in North Africa, Grace in the Middle East, Autumn in Abdijan, Andrew in Southeast Asia, Jeremy and Kathy in Central Asia.
gotta love kids!
i have friends who work with YWAM in the Sudan - Mike, Suzanne (and year old son) Hudson Wentzel.
what a blessing they are!
Wow, amazing kids, and great idea to have everyone post missionary friends!
My missionary friends, The Rosenbaums here in the states, and the Hills in Slovakia.
Did they ever get around to cleaning their room? If not, I think you got suckered.
@af1411@xanga - THAT is totally cool!
What an awesome story. Isn't it great how kids can show us the things we should be focusing on.
My missionary friends, Rob and Heather, are raising support to go to Mozambique and hope to be on their way by this summer.
What a fantastic excuse - we can definitely learn from kids, can't we?
We have friends - Hugo and Erica, in Papua New Guinea - he works for MAF.
@LadyLibellule@xanga - haha! I was thinking the same thing.
And yes, always pray for those who spread irrationality to those less fortunate, especially by luring them in with food and other help that they can't refuse. They sound like great people. :P
A young couple from my church dedicated their lives to serving the Pnong people of Cambodia in a remote region, forgoing western amenities and adopting their customs and way of life. They have their own little hut in a small village in the jungle and have learned how to do the things the indigenous people do. They are helping to bring to light a culture that has not been very thoroughly studied nor had much contact with the outside world, but more importantly, they are sharing their faith with their Pnong friends. It has taken a lot of time for them to learn the language and actually gain credibility with the Pnong.
When they first got there in the '90s, the people did not know what to think of this inquisitive, white-skinned couple who were practically babies because they didn't know how to make a basket or anything else out of bamboo, clear a patch of jungle, or grow rice. Over the years, they have really learned from experiece what living in the Cambodian jungle is about.
By now many of God's children there have accepted Him joyfully. God has performed many miracles of healing and protection during their time there.They are learning from their Pnong village and those people are learning from them. Their names are Braden and Johanna Pewitt and a few years ago they had a son. Braden has written a book analyzing how the Pnong view the world. (A look at the Pnong page on Wikipedia shows just how little we know about the Pnong and suggests his is the only book of its kind.) My sister and I try to pray for them every day like we have since were were nearly the age of your daughters. May God bless them and all missionaries doing His work.
that
is
wonderful
Your girls are little angels on earth. =)
Oh...this does my heart good! How wonderful.
I know way too many missionaries to even begin listing them, and most of them are in closed countries so it would be risky to list their name and country :)