Missionary kids

[Arphaxad]

We had a missionary family visiting in church last night. They are going to Sudan, in fact they will be the first UPC missionaries there. They have two boys, 11 and 14, and a daughter, I think she's around 16. What do you think about bringing kids to a place like that, after all it is a Muslim country with all kinds of violence going on. I don't know if I would bring my kids, if I had any.




ARPH

[Pragmatist]

I would not be bringing the kids, although I think it's courageous of the parents to go.

[Sherri]

I don't know....my hubby was raised in the jungles of Africa. Not too safe there, but God called them, and he survived. I guess God gives you grace for the situation. He never calls you to something that He doesn't equip you for.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Sherri

I don't know....my hubby was raised in the jungles of Africa. Not too safe there, but God called them, and he survived. I guess God gives you grace for the situation. He never calls you to something that He doesn't equip you for.

Given today's anti-American anti-Christiam climate in the minds of Islamic radicals in Africa...especially Sudan, I'd be a little more concerned than in the past

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Given today's anti-American anti-Christiam climate in the minds of Islamic radicals in Africa...especially Sudan, I'd be a little more concerned than in the past

True, Sudan is a pretty scary place. The very reason we cancelled our trip to the southern Philippines this year was the islamic terrorist activity on that particular island. But I guess if God truly called them, then He will protect them. Where we travel in Africa is a bit scary, but nothing like Sudan.