George Muller

John started reading a book to the kids today. It's about George Muller.
Isaac read it when he was younger and even did a play about him at his Christian school in Brazil in 5th grade. It's really a good book and the kids were so amazed at "how bad" he was when he was younger--- lying, stealing.... They really laughed about him finally going to school to be a lutheran minister because his dad wanted him to since it was a good paying job with a lot of respect. He agreed even though he had no desire to really do that and he had such a bad reputation as a partier and drinker while he was a "theology student". And when John read that he "should probably buy a Bible and go to church more than 3 times year" the kids really laughed.

Of course, that's part of what makes his story so neat later on. But growing up as MKs and knowing what seminary is like, and all about "being called by God" to serve Him full-time, it really made them kind of laugh to hear how he started out on that road and why. They could not imagine someone doing it that way!

We're looking forward to this book as a family and it will be great having John read it to us each day.

This is the book we're reading:
http://www.amazon.com/George-Mueller-Guardian-Bristols-Christian/dp/1576581454

George Muller
The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans
by Janet & Geoff Benge

It's published by YWAM as part of their Christian Heroes: Then & Now series.
We have several books in this series. They are very good.