Reading in the Car

We've gotten into the habit of reading a good book as we travel here & there.  Jon drives, and I read to him and Jonathan.  We are right in the middle of God's Smuggler.  A very interesting book about a man named Brother Andrew who during the '50s and on started smuggling Bibles & preaching into the countries behind the Iron Curtain.  He was constantly in danger but God always protected and provided for him.  We take for granted the freedom we have to have a Bible or to go to a church.  The people in the communist-controlled countries were desperate to know anyone outside even cared about the church and them.  They were in danger just trying to meet in underground churches to hear but it was worth it to them.  One man managed to get his hand on an old Bible that somehow didn't get destroyed or confiscated in his country, but it was missing Genesis, Exodus, and Revelations.  They figured someone probably used the thin pages for cigarette paper.  He had one other tiny copy and was typing those three books out so he could then have a complete Bible to give to a church that had no Bibles.  We are in chapter 15 and don't know yet what happens but we are all ready to hear more.

This method of reading works well for us.  Another of our favorites was a biography of Stonewall Jackson.  What a character he was.  If you want to broaden your reading material into something more educational, try reading to them in the car.  Jon and Jonathan are really my captive audience.  They can't jump out! I guess if they weren't interested they could turn up the radio, but they get so into the books that they wouldn't do that. (besides that would be so rude)  I know if you have younger children or many children it might be harder to do.  But it's worth a shot.  Children have always loved to be read to.