Ohhh ... Skylark .... I am actually crying.
It doesn't take much to make this Mama cry.
I wish I could hug you till you could stop shaking.
And I too wish many, many other things ....
Your mother was wrong. None of us were EVER called to sacrifice our children for the gospel. Our God never called for child sacrifice like the gods of the heathen in the Old Testament times did. NEVER!!!
Have you read my Open Letter to Missionary Parents? It is posted under its own thread here in Miscellaneous. I wrote it to people like your mother. And other mothers. And fathers. But it is for you, too, Skylark.
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Thank you for having the courage to post here. You are very brave.