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Personal Narrative: Immigrating To The US

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“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”—Proverbs 22:6 Parenting may be chosen as one of the most difficult homework for many parents. This homework may feel twice more heavier and difficult for parents that just immigrated to the U.S. due to culture and language barrier. My family immigrated to Alaska approximately twenty-five years ago. Immigrating to the U.S. was a challenge in many aspects. One of those aspects was residing in a poor living conditioned area and non-influential environment. The other aspect was to deal with racial discrimination at school. However, now that I reflect back, I think the most challenging aspect was not the impoverished living conditions and non-influential environment or the racial discrimination, but an elimination of ‘Family Worship’. Before immigrating to Alaska, our family gathered every night to Worship. After emigrating, due to busy schedule of my parents, Worship on Sunday, became the only Worship in my life. I was born into a Christian family. Throughout the years, I’ve heard many sermons and attended various bible studies. Also, I received the privilege to enhance my knowledge at the seminary. Out of them all, the Gospel that I still remember profoundly to this …show more content…

The Jewish children are trained to fear God from their childhood; thus, even when they become older and age they still fear God. Ergo, we must train our children to fear God and love Him from childhood. When we train our children to fear and love God, they will be able to influence the community as well as their surroundings. Furthermore, they will become great leaders of Korea and America, and ultimately become leaders who will take the lead in expanding God’s

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