They are older now, and I did homeschool for a over a year.I was a stay at home mom for many years. They were in an excellent school for most of their young lives and when things went downhill I started to homeschool. They missed the everyday of the school as I did not start them out as homeschoolers. It is a tough transition to make when they are used to going to school every day. After they went back to school, our a/c business started to falter, and I had to go to work to make ends meet.
While I know seasoned men were used to be missionaries, they preached to men. It seems as though kids hear other kids better, and trust each other more. They are no different than any other kids except I expected them to live their values, and stand up for them. I only wish more parents would stop lowering the bar, as all children are capable of so much more than is asked of them. My favorite thing to remind young people I know, including mine, is God himself felt that at 15 the Virgin Mary was ready to handle being the Mother of the Word Made Flesh, so don’t whine about algebra :)
Your children are doing well and I offer my sincerest congratulations. Given your particular children and your special family, you have obviously made good decisions.
But...Generally ( overall) missionary work to children is still an adult’s job. The surest and most effective way to bring a child into Christ's fold is to bring in his parents. Also, children are immature. They are bombarded continually with a God-less worldview in their government schools. This atheistic proselytizing too often converts the religious child to secularism rather than the other way around.
Another “but”....But, each child and family is different and yours are doing well. Again..Congratulations!
By the way...I bet Mary was homeschooled.