“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.” John 16:13 (NIV)
Choosing Missions…for My Kids
by Marie Foote
Missionary kid who grew up in the Philippines and is now returning to the missions field in Argentina with her own children.
Before I became a parent, my main perspective about raising a missionary family came from my positive experiences in the Philippines. I loved being a missionary kid (MK) and to me, the Philippines was home in every sense of the word. As I became an adult, I realized that not every MK is grateful to have grown up overseas, for reasons as varied as the landscape of loving it. Instead, for them, the only way they would use the word “positive” in the same sentence as “missions” is to say “I’m positive that I don’t ever want to go into missions (because of XYZ)!” Now that Megan (5) and Micah (2) call us “Mommy & Daddy” the decisions which were once no-brainers…from TV viewing to swimming in deep water, from schedules to physical activity, from road trips to overseas missions…are more than just split-second decisions. We now have two additional little minds, bodies & souls to consider. That is why, for us, the decision to go into missions and to serve the Lord in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was not one we made flippantly, but neither was it a decision we faced with fear.
