The Parenting Challenge
Are you up for the challenge? If so, click here. "The Parenting Challenge" is training in gospel-centered, biblical parenting. Over the next few months, it will cost you about 10 hours and $10, unless you already have the book above. I created the challenge for Arab Christian parents but why not share the English version with you all? Please forward this email to parents you know who have young children.
"The Parenting Challenge" is all about learning, application, and self-initiated accountability. As I share the Arabic version here with Arab believers, I often hear, "We Arabs are not comfortable with accountability. Therefore most of us will not text our obedience points to other parents we know." I explain that resistance to accountability is less cultural and more a result of our sinful nature. We don't like to humble ourselves by asking for prayer and accountability, even if it is self-initiated. We don't like to reveal our weaknesses. But "The Parenting Challenge" is for moms and dads who desperately want to obey God when it comes to raising their kids, as well as encouraging other parents to do the same. I have been sending the challenge to 100+ cross-cultural workers and Arab leaders whom I know, asking for feedback and asking them to share the challenge with other Arab parents. Please pray that they will actually do so. Your feedback is welcomed also.
Our daughter Kendra recently got all of our family "together" online. Sam and Anna are running track. They also just returned from a trip to D.C. with my wife's parents. Max was invited to play basketball for the local Baptist school team. Heidi and Petra consistently have 2-3 weekly babysitting opportunities. Henry and Nehemiah are making lots of friends at the park, therefore beginning to understand more Arabic. My wife is homeschooling, exercising, taking our nutrition to an even higher level, staying connected to our older kids online, and being a faithful sister to ladies in our local church.
