Vision Fathers

My name is Joshua and my wife and I have four young children. Since my oldest is only 8 we are on the beginning side of Homeschooling. I was not homeschooled myself but I am thankful my parents sent me to a Christian school that would affirm a Biblical worldview. My wife was homeschooled and when we started having children we made the decision to homeschool. What a great decision this has been!

One of the things I have enjoyed about homechooling, is that I am much more aware of how every moment I am with my children can be a teachable time. I am a firm believer in Deut 6:7 “And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” Last fall I came to the realization that since I have a full time job, I only have a limited amount of time to spend with my children. With the time I have, I began looking for ways I as a father could better equip my children. I noticed there seemed to a lot of information and groups for mothers who homeschool. I also noticed that there were not any groups in Wichita to encourage homeschool dads in their endeavor to instruct and guide their children.

After much thought and prayer, The Lord seemed to impress upon my heart to start a group in Wichita that could provide practical help and encouragement to homeschooling fathers. It is my vision that we as homeschool fathers, can get together about once a month to help and encourage each other with our attempts to train and disciple our children. Its my hope that we can collectively pool our experiences and knowledge to help one another in a way that is geared towards fathers.