Focus on the Family Magazine - August/September 2023
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics. Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics.
Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
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KIDS & TEENS / EVANGELISM<br />
REACHING<br />
YOUNG<br />
HEARTS<br />
Robin J<strong>on</strong>es Gunn<br />
became a missi<strong>on</strong>ary to<br />
milli<strong>on</strong>s through her writing<br />
BY BENJAMIN HAWKINS<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROSS GUNN<br />
BEGINNING WHEN SHE WAS<br />
ONLY 12, Robin J<strong>on</strong>es Gunn had<br />
dreamed of opening <strong>the</strong> envelope that<br />
she now held in her hands.<br />
Robin’s church often welcomed<br />
missi<strong>on</strong>aries from Wycliffe Bible<br />
Translators to share how <strong>the</strong>y translated<br />
Scripture into many languages<br />
and proclaimed <strong>the</strong> message of God’s<br />
grace across <strong>the</strong> globe. At <strong>the</strong> end of<br />
<strong>on</strong>e presentati<strong>on</strong>, a missi<strong>on</strong>ary showed<br />
a slide of <strong>the</strong> sun setting <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> missi<strong>on</strong><br />
field. Robin was enchanted. She,<br />
too, wanted to travel <strong>the</strong> globe to share<br />
God’s love.<br />
Reminded by a camp counselor<br />
that she could begin at home, Robin<br />
got to work. Eventually she started a<br />
Christian club at her high school that<br />
met during <strong>the</strong>ir lunch period.<br />
She went far<strong>the</strong>r afield during her college<br />
years. She even traveled to Europe<br />
<strong>on</strong>e summer, smuggling Bibles into <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>n-Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong>. C<strong>on</strong>vinced that God<br />
wanted her to serve overseas l<strong>on</strong>g term,<br />
she started <strong>the</strong> applicati<strong>on</strong> process for<br />
missi<strong>on</strong>ary service at Urbana Student<br />
Missi<strong>on</strong>s C<strong>on</strong>ference. She could expect<br />
a mailed resp<strong>on</strong>se, but for now, all she<br />
knew was what <strong>the</strong> printer spat out:<br />
where <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> missi<strong>on</strong> field she was<br />
best equipped to serve.<br />
She picked up <strong>the</strong> printout. Blinking,<br />
she paused. Could this be right? Was<br />
this really how she would fulfill her<br />
dream?<br />
“Laundry Supervisor,” it read.<br />
“Nairobi, Kenya.”<br />
Collecting herself, Robin applied for<br />
service <strong>the</strong>re anyway. ><br />
CREDIT TK<br />
12<br />
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY CANADA<br />
AUG / SEP <strong>2023</strong>
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