.. served as a powerful reminder that the homeschool community has strong friends in high places. Representative Broun, a freshman from Georgia, stressed how he relies on the Bible and the U.S. Constitution to guide him in his duties as a congressman. Representative Pitts challenged homeschoolers to get involved in overseas missions and help out the poor in foreign countries. Representative Davis, himself a homeschooling dad, reminded the audience that “Jesus isn’t a Republican or a Democrat,” and that we should never forget the primary duty of evangelism. Representative Walberg stressed the need to encourage young people to live out their convictions in all areas of life. Representative Akin, another homeschooling dad, shared his heartfelt love for America. “I love America’s godly heritage,” he said, while stressing that “homeschooling is 20% education and 80% godly family values.” Representative Campbell, a member of the California congressional delegation, voiced his support for home education, and assured homeschoolers that Congress would not make any well-intentioned but dangerous attempts to protect homeschooling at the federal level.
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One leader, Zan Tyler from South Carolina, had this to say about her meetings: “Before all of my meetings, I found myself thanking the Lord for the timing of the California decision. That decision could have easily come down a month too late to do us any good while in D.C. And if it had been handed down much earlier, the buzz on the Hill would have died down. How precious of God to time things in a way that gave such momentum and validity to our cause.”
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