When I was growing up, I was given the gift of good books and good guests at the dinner table. Books like God's Smuggler allowed me to view a wide world outside my own.
Now, in my forties and with children of my own, I know that God's heart for the nations began before Brother Andrew and Eleanor Webb. God tells a story through Scripture — of His desire that all people would know Him. It is a story worth telling our children.
That story stretches from Genesis to Revelation. God's promise to Abraham that "all nations of the earth would be blessed" through him (Genesis 12) was not a footnote — it was the thesis. The temple made provision for foreigners to come and pray. The Psalms declare His glory among the nations. Isaiah announces a light to the Gentiles. And when God sent His Son, He named Him Yeshua — "Yahweh saves" — because the rescue was always meant for everyone.
The New Testament carries this thread forward through the Great Commission, through Paul's missionary journeys, through the vision in Revelation 7:9 of a multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language standing before the throne.
This is the story our children need to hear — not as an afterthought, but as the main plot of Scripture.
Hannah goes on to share four practical ways families and churches can engage children in God's global mission — from displaying world maps and researching people groups together, to sharing missionary newsletters and building multicultural home environments.