Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

Mike Farris:
Mariah, last time you explained how your children solicit feedback from godly men and women on issues of current policy. What do they do with that information?

Mariah Perrigan:
Well, the first thing they do after we collect the issues/appeals forms is bring them to me one by one and tell me that grow-ups should practice their penmanship!

Magazine articles and conversations with daddy help guide the process.

The forms we receive back are a mixed blessing. Some come back with marks. Others offer a world view quite different from our family’s. There’s one or two that just seem to minister to a particular child. Each one is a treasure.

We work through this entire process expecting God to protect and guide us as we navigate through very unfamiliar territory.

You would think working as closely as we do, that our children’s letters would be carbon copies of one another, or perfectly expound our views on the current issue, but that’s often not the case! By respecting my child’s initiative in writing and allowing her to present the ideas she has developed without a lot of editing on my part, I am working towards my ultimate goal of raising her to be an independent adult who understands the times in the light of God’s word and is ready to communicate that truth when the need arises, because she knows it is the right thing to do.

Mike:
Mariah, this is an exceptionally good way to educate your own family and your elected officials. Thanks so much for what you’re doing. I’m Mike Farris.