{"id":106,"date":"2012-10-25T16:47:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T16:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susablt.wordpress.com\/?p=106"},"modified":"2012-10-25T16:47:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T16:47:32","slug":"who-are-successful-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/2012\/10\/25\/who-are-successful-families\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find successful families?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Successful families defined<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A successful family is one that understands the call and executes it under the Lordship of Christ.\u00a0 Some successful families make a fantastic connection with its Basque child.\u00a0 Some successful families never make the connection.\u00a0 The success of a family is not determined by the connection made with the child.\u00a0 A successful family believes that this experience is God\u2019s will and faithfully experiences all that He offers in that call.<\/p>\n

Successful families have similar gifts<\/strong><\/p>\n

As believers God blesses us all with gifts to use in ministering to the world. The gifts and family characteristics that work best in this program are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Flexibility:<\/span> the ability to go with the flow; the ability to listen to different opinions; the ability to accept a broad range of people.<\/li>\n
  2. Hospitality:<\/span> by this we do not mean the ability to entertain but the ability to invite others in and make them feel welcome.<\/li>\n
  3. Missional:<\/span> by this we mean families accept that what they are doing is part of a greater whole. They are not participating in an independent one-time getting to know someone from another culture but are desirous of seeing their faith work out in the summer relationship with the Basque student.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Successful families cannot be categorized<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Do not let economic status, family status or theology limit your choices.<\/li>\n
    2. Families do not necessarily have kids. Some of the best families we have had have been grandparents or childless.<\/li>\n
    3. Families do not have to have teens. While teens can be a great asset if they understand the mission, if they don\u2019t or are uncomfortable participating, it makes for a long month. Often the best \u201cat-home\u201d kids are elementary age as the Basque student feels comfortable socially and linguistically and someone from another place fascinates the elementary age student.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Also, empty-nest couples, especially with young adult children or extended\u00a0\u00a0 family, work well.<\/p>\n

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      1. Families do not have to have all the bells and whistles. A Basque kid needs a family that has a place in their heart for him or her. They need a bed in a room that can be shared; they don\u2019t need a swimming pool, a vacation house or to be escorted in a fancy car.<\/li>\n
      2. Families are theologically defined by the following: unity on the essentials (there is a God; Christ is the son of god who died and was resurrected for the sins of individuals) freedom on the non-essentials (how to baptize, how to worship etc) and love over all.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Successful families defined A successful family is one that understands the call and executes it under the Lordship of Christ.\u00a0 Some successful families make a fantastic connection with its Basque child.\u00a0 Some successful families never make the connection.\u00a0 The success of a family is not determined by the connection made with the child.\u00a0 A successful … Continue reading “How to find successful families?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[13,15],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-recruiting-2","tag-host-family","tag-recruiting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyministries.net\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}