(Workshop at the 2008 Christian Heritage Home Educators of Washington conference)
-read mission biographies together or buy them for your teens to read
-break out of the bubble-read about the current events of the world
-focus on learning about different countries and cultures
-Missions can be a fun adventure. It does not have to be overseas. You can support the administrative efforts of a local mission. (Serve in homeless shelters, soup kitchens, etc.)
-Parents can raise the awareness in their children, but the child needs to have it in tehir heart to serve others.
-be an example and live the way you want them to live.
-Go on a family mission instead of a vacation.
-Let your children see poverty; do not shelter them from it.
-10 degrees to 40 degrees north of the equator are most of those who have never even heard of Jesus.