I used to host a Mom’s group in my home. It was a season of life where several women, who had just had babies, needed encouragement and a place to meet, so I opened my home every Tuesday to them. I can remember the day I had a very important conversation with one of the moms.I was talking about my fear of putting our son into 1st grade (in the public school system), which is the big transition year from “virtić” to “škola”. I was so focused on the fact that he was an outsider, a foreigner, that I saw his needs as special. He needed a special teacher, a special classroom, special friends that would accept him, give him grace, attention, etc… This kind friend looked at me and said, “I’m afraid of the same things! I have to pray too! I pray for the right teacher. I pray for the right classroom for him. I pray for the right friends in his life.” Of course! We both pray for our children in the same way! We put our son in public school not because of a missiological strategy. We did it because it was the right thing for him. He needed to understand the language and really be given an opportunity to naturally relate to his peers. Our fear of our son being treated differently because he’s a foreigner just didn’t become a reality. Has it been perfect? No, but you tell me what Elementary age kid has had a perfect…
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