My hopes, as a Christian mom, are that my children grow up knowing that they are loved by their Creator (God), loving Him whole heartedly, and serving Jesus Christ unreservedly. That is why I am constantly teaching the boys this verse. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength." Deuteronomy 6:5.
I may stir up alot of constroversy for this statement; my goal is not to raise academically successful kids who will make it to Ivy league schools and earn lots of money. My definition of success is not the same as the world's definition of success and certainly not the same as "Tiger Mom." That does not mean I don't want them to strive for academic excellence. I, myself, am still going to school to get a master in business. What I mean is that I don't want to just focus on academic achievements, but rather to give the boys a good foundation in Biblical truth. I want them to know Christ and have the desire to know Him more, which is why I bring them to Awana every Wednesday night at Castro Valley First Baptist Church. Awana is a kids' club that teaches Biblical truth and emphasizes on scripture memory. The church runs Awana like the way my church (CIBC) runs vacation bible school in the summer. There are games, Bible memorization, messages, and singing. It is also similar to boy/girl scout in the sense that they can earn patches. After a certain amount of memory verses, they earn ironed-on patches and jewels. Caleb have been memorizing a few verses a week and Joshie one short verse a week. Because Awana is in the middle of the week, sometimes I don't want to take them, especially when I have lots to do for work and school. But Hebron and I make that a priority because we saw that they enjoy it and it establishes the discipline of memorizing God's word as a family. In addition to verses, Caleb also memorized all the books of the Old and New Testament. Joshie is learning too by following Caleb. Here they are singing it. Seeing how they learn made all my effort worthwhile.
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Very impressive that Caleb and Joshie can remember all the books of the Old Testament by singing them! I really respect your stance on raising your children with a solid Biblical foundation above merely pushing them academically.
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