There is nothing quite like the joy of welcoming your first grandchild and entering the awesome phase of grandparenting. What a joy it is for us who have 24 grandchildren. However, along with this privilege comes incredible responsibility, which is not always easy. It takes …
This month we will celebrate the fourth birthday of our twin grandsons: two energetic and bright little boys. It’s a great joy to see them thrive after their dramatic arrival into the world. My daughter’s pregnancy was such a difficult one due to excessive vomiting …
My wife Violet and I have been married for 52 years and were unable to have children of our own, so the Lord sent us a 3-day-old baby boy 47 years ago, whom we named Jonathan. We knew his teen-age mother and she asked if …
Maybe you remember seeing this video appear on our Facebook page. It shows how at the start of the Advent Calendar, I removed the TV from our living room. For a period of just over 3 weeks we didn’t have this big black hole in …
Below is a list of websites with useful reads & resources for parents in dealing with use of media. internetmatters.org This website has resources and guidelines for different age groups 0-5; 6-10; 11-13; 14+ www.theparentingplace.com/technology/ A website with some interesting reads and ideas about technology. …
By David Smith – Extract from his research project for the 2019 FMS in Fortaleza, Brazil As one FMI leader has noted: family is the real Discipleship Training School. Family is the most fruitful context in the world for children to develop the character of …
Dear YWAM family! I once met a young evangelistic frontier YWAM missionary, with a heart for the unreached and a strong calling over his life from God to missions. He was more than ready to find someone to share life with, as many ywammers are, and we …
“…but what if the wife becomes rebellious and disobedient?” An honest question from one the husbands among the students. “My father in-law told my husband to hit me; our culture teaches that it is necessary.” confesses one of the female students. The Family Ministries School …
The interest in Marriage Week is unbroken in Germany. Once again, approximately 20,000 women and men participated in Marriage Week events. One out of five Marriage Week events was a romantic dinner. Many churches picked up the idea of a blessing service for couples besides …
By Noémie & Loïc Marsh Talking to various friends around our age, we discovered that they usually don’t seek or even appreciate having their parents enter the loop of their own marriage. What provokes the mindset of avoiding our parents when they approach the sphere …