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Originally Posted by alwayslearning
I think your dad displayed a lot of wisdom in his approach and I think good parenting involves helping each child cultivate and develop their talents based on their interests and natural propensities.
I heard he started a school there which I think is still operating. Was he also involved working with HS kids in the context of the Church in Anaheim? If so, what was the content of his counsel/teaching? What did the HS work "look like" in application when he was involved?
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Yes, he and my mom helped establish the Acaciawood High School. But he was also engaged the So. Cal young people's work. I don't know the full extent. He had engagement with the college work, with the FTTA, with the HS work, with ministry in Mexico and in Korea. I don't know to what extent.
One thing I can speak to is this. In each of these endeavors, they just opened their home (often literally, often metaphorically). I have heard reports from former FTTers that my dad's fellowship was a saving grace in the midst of angst. I know personally that many of us (young college-age) found refuge, even as we were re-finding our faith, in my parents home.
It was counseling and spiritually empowering, not necessarily teaching. Does that distincting make sense?
In Love,
Peter
P.S. I am trying to draw a line between relating facts/sharing my experience vs. telling my parents tesitmony. Their experience etc... is not mine to tell.