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I recently read an article by Kevin Swanson which I found especially encouraging.  The article is entitled "The Second Wave", and if you are a homeschooler, I think you will find it as inspirational as I did.  Here is an excerpt:

"This movement is not over. In fact, it is bound to grow and grow exponentially. For the next ten years, we will see a plateau effect, if not a slight decline due to the huge influx of government-funded school-at-home programs. But somewhere near the year 2017, another huge wave (not unlike the exponential growth we saw in the 1990s), will take the movement towards 6 million. Then, the third generation will advance the movement towards 15 million.

What does this mean for the parents, leaders, and advocates that make up the movement today? For the next ten years, we must continue to stay vigilant to keep home education free. Leaders in the movement must continue to provide strong encouragement and vision to the movement."

As a second generation homeschooler, I have seen the growth of the homeschool movement first-hand.  Like many homeschool graduates, I am committed to continuing the vision of the discipleship of Christian children through homeschooling.  God has, and is continuing to use the homeschool movement to turn the hearts of parents to their children and children to their parents.  Homeschoolers are engaged in culture-changing work.

"It doesn't take a majority to change the direction of history - just a principled minority who lead with generation-deep vision. America will not be the same forty years from now because of the homeschooling movement.

An exciting future awaits the home education movement, with significant generational growth coming in the not-to-distant-future.

Of course, all of this assumes that the vision contained in this movement perpetuates from father to son to grandson - something that will only happen if the vision solidifies in the hearts and minds of the millions in the movement. And that is a function of the conventions, the leaders that lead the movement, and the faith of those that disciple those children in the kitchens and living rooms across this land."

(Read the rest of the article on Kevin Swanson's Generations with Vision blog.)

So, homeschooling moms and dads, as we wrap up another year of educating and discipling our children, let us not be weary in well-doing.  We are a part of something so much bigger than what we do in our homes each day.  We must be vigilant in passing on our vision to the next generation in such a way that they will desire to pass it on to their children, continuing on and on through the generations to come.