Summer is over, tomorrow my kids will go back to school after a week of postponement because of A(H1N1). During summer, wifey and I taught our kids three important lessons:
To earn.. to honor God with the tithe…and to save money.
At the start of vacation, I asked my kids (ages 11 and 9) what they can do passionately. They opted to sell “ice candy”. So they experimented on different flavors before they finally launch the product By being the first consumers, soon, all the kids in different buildings became aware of this goodies. My kids produce and sell ice candy for more than a month.
As they earn, my kids also return 10% of their earnings to God every week. And last Saturday, their accumulated profit were added to their savings account.
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A former staff and friend who is working in the Middle East is in the country for a short vacation. Together with another former staff who is into full time teaching, they decided to touch base with me at SM Mall of Asia for a dinner. We discussed about the old times and we also fill each other of what’s the latest in our lives.
I was happy for them as they pursue what satisfies their calling and dream, one is fulfilled teaching Math while the other is happy to visit foreign lands and earn in foreign currency. We somehow focused on currency trading and the vulnerability of local currencies to the US Dollar. If the local currency fell, then it’s beneficial to dollar earners and exporters but harmful to some. If the local currency strengthens, well it’s the other way around.
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