Posted in Articles, Missionary Kids, tagged cultural transitions, Missionary Kids, MKs on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
by Kathleen Johnson
One brisk October evening in 2005, my 12 year old son and I made a visit to our soon-to-be home in the Netherlands. As is the norm in Holland, our rental house had been stripped bare, leaving behind only dingy walls, cold cement floors and bare windows. Loose wires hung from the ceilings [...]
Posted in Missionary Kids, tagged Missionary Kids, MKs on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
mkPLANET is a growing community design and run by current and former MKs and adult MKs providing information, interaction, and support
Posted in Missionary Kids, tagged Missionary Kids on January 16, 2008 | Comments Off
Organization which provides a home-base for college aged missionary kids.
Posted in Families, Missionary Kids, Third Culture Kids on October 18, 2006 | No Comments »
The Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network is made up of families around the world who are raising their children bilingually and/or biculturally. The group provides support and resouces in the form of a website and e-newsletter packed with content as well as Seattle-based presentations, seminars and email contact.
Posted in Missionary Kids, Third Culture Kids, Transracial Adoption on September 23, 2006 | No Comments »
Ruth E. Van Reken and Paulette M. Bethel examine Cross-Cultural Kids (CCKs) using the Third Culture Kid (TCK) prototypes. Looks at issues surrounding TCKs as well as children of bicultural parents, immigrants, refugess, minorites, international adoptees, and “domestic TCKs”. Includes many descriptions, charts, and explanations about the CCK experience. Very informative!!!
Posted in Missionary Kids on August 29, 2006 | No Comments »
Organization which provides a home-base for college aged missionary kids.
Posted in Missionary Kids, Organizations on August 29, 2006 | No Comments »
A Campus Crusade ministry for Missionary Kids.
Posted in Articles, Missionary Kids, Third Culture Kids on August 29, 2006 | No Comments »
Thoughtful reflections on Dan Plate’s experience as a missionary kid.
I’ve been hiding for seven years now, and moving into my eighth. This isn’t my uncovering. This isn’t my break-out, let-go, be-free. These are words. These are somehow not even guaranteed to be my words, but they come from my mouth, and maybe from inside. [...]
Posted in Missionary Kids on August 29, 2006 | No Comments »
MFCS provides pastoral counseling and support to missionary and clergy families from all denominations.
Posted in Missionary Kids, Organizations, Third Culture Kids, Websites on August 29, 2006 | No Comments »
International organization that seeks to meet the needs of third-culture kids* (TCKs) and internationally mobile families. Provides seminars, and publishes Interact Magazine.
