I want to make sure we take our kids places. Right now due to financial constraints, we can't but I can put them in experiences to meet other people from different places.
As I've mentioned, the ESL ministry I help out with is one of my favorite activities. I was apprehensive at first about having my children in childcare during that time. I'm not even sure why. Maybe I was worried that the other parents wouldn't understand the sick kid rules. Who knows. Now I'm very glad they've gotten a chance to be around kids from all over the world.
It's easy to have a very narrow worldview growing up where we live. There are a lot of international people here but you can pick your activities so that you really don't have to interact with people from different cultures.
I didn't have a grasp on the international students I saw some in campus while at college. I want my kids to understand that ministry opportunity NOW even so that when they get to college they can effectively interact with those students.
It's about being purposeful. Our church has an all nations and a Chinese service. I love it. The church has grown beyond just a lot of white people to a variety of color!
My son has already noticed the difference in skin color so we've gotten to talk about it. Half of his second Sunday school hour is African. One of his friend's parents adopted a child from Africa. His best friend in ESL is Japanese.
I want to continue make my kids interact with all the cultures we have in our area which is a lot. I want to make them live overseas again so their worldview is broadened. I want to take them on mission trips to Haiti so they can see that no matter our incomes we are all the same.
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