{"id":869,"date":"2022-03-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.faithindeeds.org\/reading-challenges-and-a-learning-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2022-03-26T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T05:00:00","slug":"reading-challenges-and-a-learning-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faithindeeds.org\/reading-challenges-and-a-learning-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Challenges and a Learning Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ability to read is such a gift.\u00a0 My preference is to hold a real book in my hands, but with our travels I\u2019ve often settled for accessing digitalized books\u00a0through my Libby library app.\u00a0 Still, I\u2019m quite blessed to have a good number of books filling the concrete shelves of our apartment in India.\u00a0 By bringing several books each trip to India over the last twelve years, our home library has grown, especially in children\u2019s books.<\/span><\/span>
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I love to read good stories to children.\u00a0 Over the years several of the children at the Children’s Home have struggled to master reading.\u00a0 Village public schools simply don\u2019t have the resources to assist children with special learning needs.\u00a0 While we employed a tutor at the Children\u2019s Home to help the children with homework, it seemed her main strategy was simply to admonish the struggling child to \u201ctry harder,\u201d rather than to address the actual, specific learning need of that child.\u00a0 I also tried to come alongside, but felt inadequate and ill-equipped.\u00a0
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Fast forward to last year.\u00a0 While our three daughters and I were stuck Stateside, it became increasingly apparent that one of our girls was falling behind in multiple areas in school. Through testing, it was determined that she has dyslexia in addition to apraxia of speech. This discovery explained a lot, and caring educators made recommendations for her unique learning needs.\u00a0 I was so thankful for all of the information I received, but my honest, prayerful response went something like this:\u00a0 \u201cLord, it feels like life is already complicated for my daughters.\u00a0 They’ve endured a long separation from their daddy, and have moved between two vastly different countries and cultures.\u00a0 Our life\u00a0requires them to learn\u00a0an especially difficult foreign language with a speech difficulty and now we have\u00a0an additional learning struggle too?\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m not a teacher.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing….”\u00a0 My prayer continued in that vein for a bit, until I determined to be still and refocus my thoughts.\u00a0 I was then able to pray:\u00a0 “Help me reign in those\u00a0worries\u00a0and turn my thoughts back to You.\u00a0 You are enough.\u00a0 You are good.\u00a0 You know what my family needs.\u00a0 I trust You.\u201d
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And so we departed for India last November with more books than usual in our luggage.\u00a0 Over the last five months, the recommended reading resources have proved to be wonderful tools for both of our daughters who are beginning to read and for me as I homeschool them.\u00a0 As they are learning, I too am learning much in this process.\u00a0 As my mind circles back to those years ago when I first saw children struggling to read at the Children\u2019s Home, I can now see God\u2019s goodness in entrusting my daughter and our family with this additional challenge.\u00a0 Through this experience, I\u2019m learning how to better advocate for children with diverse learning abilities and styles.\u00a0 Please pray with us that, as we settle into the new building, we can find just the right tutor for our children with special educational needs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

By: Dana Mollhagen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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