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ABWE Plays Games With Abuse Investigation

Did you ever find yourself close to winning a game of checkers or chess, when your opponent shakes the board, moves all the pieces and declares that nobody won and you will have to start over? That is… more →

SIM Missionary Kid Survivors

Serving the Servants

mishaelak wrote 2 weeks ago: An exploration of my experience with international education for American children – particula … more →

Tags: #TMCE110, International Education, Education, Missions, Third Culture Kids, Teachers, Mentorship, missionary, School

What the missionary sector can teach us about handling re-entry — 14 comments

Maria wrote 2 weeks ago: Wouldn’t it be nice if the corporate world took care of its repatriates the way missionary folk do? … more →

Tags: repatriation, Culture Shock, adjustment, Home, identity, Third Culture Kids, repatriation, MKs, Assemblies of God

The Village Programme: a unique way of doing school — 2 comments

mendibpng wrote 3 weeks ago: What would you do for your kids’ schooling  if your work mainly took place in a jungle? Even i … more →

Tags: School, transition and adjustment, Home School, teaching overseas, UISPC, Ukarumpa

In Memoriam of Martha Pontier, 1962-2013 — 16 comments

Evelyn Ward Lipina wrote 1 month ago: My first memory of Martha goes all the way back to the reading circle in the corner of Miss Stewart’ … more →

Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo, facebook, Rethy, boarding school, Congo, Jesus, maf, mish kid, Missionary Aviation Fellowship

The Upside of an Unrooted Childhood — 2 comments

harrietbicksler wrote 1 month ago: Using the term “unrooted childhood” to describe my early years along with describing the … more →

Tags: Memory, Childhood, Family, childhood, Missions, Family

Re-Entry — 5 comments

harrietbicksler wrote 1 month ago: Today’s entry feels a little more self-indulgent and revealing than is usually comfortable for … more →

Tags: Memory, Mental Health, adolescence, School, High School, Memories, School, trauma

Movies and Midnight Feasts: Boarding School Memories, Part 2 — 8 comments

harrietbicksler wrote 1 month ago: Picking up where I left off yesterday: more about life at Beit School in Choma Between baths and din … more →

Tags: Memory, Childhood, childhood, Memories, boarding school

Can I Pull My Plug? Boarding School Memories, Part 1 — 5 comments

harrietbicksler wrote 1 month ago: The former boarding hostel at Beit School. When I visited in 1992 and again in 2003, part of the bui … more →

Tags: writing, Memory, Childhood, Writing #2, Memories, boarding school, School

Boarding School and Rheumatic Fever — 7 comments

harrietbicksler wrote 1 month ago: Many missionary kids (MKs) of a certain age spent time away from home in boarding schools. For some … more →

Tags: Memory, Childhood, childhood, boarding school, Illness, Missions

Just for Laughs

amamiot wrote 2 months ago: It’s been a heavy week in my blog world, and in my real world we are hard at work too.  Our fi … more →

Tags: Mom Stuff, Family, Random Thoughts, Costa Rica, Driver's License, Spring Break, Driver's Ed

Teaching Need in Cameroon — 3 comments

mcwestafrica wrote 2 months ago: We have loved entering into the social media world! It gives us so many opportunities to communicate … more →

Tags: Africa, Cameroon, Meskine, Education, Teaching Need in Cameroon, Teaching, Fulfulde, Karlyn McMorris, Barefoot Academy

First world problems... — 4 comments

outtasiteoutamind wrote 2 months ago: A new found friend has taken up the mantle of victim advocate in Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the … more →

Tags: Abuse, Colonialism, Depression, Feminism, Grief, guilt, Papua New Guinea, silencing, Therapy

When the distance is too great... — 1 comment

outtasiteoutamind wrote 2 months ago: decades and continents separate us your grip has never loosened inescapable enduring I smell the dam … more →

Tags: Papua New Guinea, Poetry

Influencing for Good: Mentoring Missionary Kids — 1 comment

mendibpng wrote 2 months ago: “How do you know God is real?” I asked my [future] brother in law when I was about thirteen years ol … more →

Tags: Family, Faith, Being Thankful, Mentoring, Decision Making, Theology

Gary and Karen Shogren - Who we are, what we do — 1 comment

Gary Shogren wrote 2 months ago: As missionaries in Costa Rica for the last 15 years, Gary and Karen Shogren have been following the … more →

Tags: new testament interpretation, Bible, Culture, Greek of the New Testament, False Teaching, Christian Life, Theology and Doctrine, Missions, paul

If Sam could blog...

thejobfamily wrote 2 months ago: Sam’s Top Ten Favorite things about life in Numbulwar 1. I love helping Look Mum I can vaccum … more →

Tags: Mission Aviation Fellowship, Missions, maf, Families

Cheetah, lost and found — 4 comments

Eddie Cox, editor wrote 3 months ago: We had been in training for new Africa missionaries for about 2 weeks.  We were hot, tired and stres … more →

Tags: Devotional Thought, God's Provision, Missions Prayer Request, Missionary Life, God's Love

ABWE Plays Games With Abuse Investigation — 7 comments

Liz wrote 3 months ago: Did you ever find yourself close to winning a game of checkers or chess, when your opponent shakes t … more →

Tags: Abuse investigations, Posts about other missions, Abuse, ABWE, Child Abuse, missionary kid, MK, Sexual abuse

Teaching your MK’s to Appreciate Their Host Country

debbrammer wrote 3 months ago: Most missionary parents want two things very badly. They want to serve the Lord completely and passi … more →

Tags: Missions Blogs, adjustment, appreciation for new culture, Cultural Experiences, positive missionary experience


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