{"id":6272,"date":"2011-03-31T10:31:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T14:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/news_blogs\/john\/?p=6272"},"modified":"2025-01-20T14:15:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T19:15:45","slug":"it-does-a-fathers-heart-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2011\/03\/31\/it-does-a-fathers-heart-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"It Does a Father’s Heart Proud…"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 9 of 37 in the series Sabbatical<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

I am in Bangkok and will be writing later about my ministry visits, Thailand, and my visit to Compassion in particular, but today I need to write about my daughter, who is teaching at International Community School in Bangkok<\/strong>. She is about eight months through a two-year assignment teaching grade four. I spent today with her at school and my buttons are popping!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every parent<\/strong> lives anticipating the day when they will see their children grown up<\/strong> and living as independent adults, doing what they love to do. Skyping, email, Facebook, and phone calls are great for staying in touch, but nothing substitutes for actually going and seeing firsthand what their situations are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, here I am in Thailand and seeing Jessica for the first time on her turf, in her world, with her friends and workmates, and staying as her guest in her apartment. My little girl, my firstborn, has grown up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things That Impressed Me as Her Father<\/h2>\n\n\n\n