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We just returned from an incredible weekend in Indiana with the most amazing people on earth… MKs! We have so much to share about! So, be looking for a blog post this Saturday filling you in. All I have time to say right now is that all of your prayers were heard – every single one of our prayer requests were completely fulfilled. God is so good!
Much more about the retreat to come soon…
This weekend Bree and I have the awesome opportunity to go with 18 MKs to a College MK Retreat in Indiana! We’re excited to build relationships and connect with over 150 other MKs from all around the Midwest colleges.
Please pray specifically for:
I recently came across a British documentary series called “Mish Kids” which was about the identity crises of teenage missionary kids in England. I think they only made three or four episodes and I don’t think the series ever made to it television.
One thing I love to do is research. (I’m a geek) So naturally, I enjoy researching the different MK resources out there.
This is a film that I recently came across about TCKs (Third Culture Kids or Trans-Culture Kids). A TCK by definition is an individual who, having spent a significant part of the developmental years in a culture other than the parents’ culture, develops a sense of relationship to both. MKs, as well as children of business, military, and diplomatic people who live abroad, become these culture-blend persons who often contribute in unique and creative ways to society as a whole.
Though this is just a trailer for the film, it looks like it may be very well done. It’s scheduled to broadcast in the spring of ’11 in Canada and then the States after that.
Merry Christmas everyone! This year we were blessed to have five MKs come over to share Christmas Day with us. We related with these guys as their families are currently living overseas and they didn’t have family to spend Christmas with! Along with enjoying a true white Christmas, we all had a blast as we played games, watched Christmas movies, and ate a fantastic feast that Bree cooked up. Among other games, we played “worst-case scenario” which is a survival trivia game. It was a perfect game to play with MKs as the questions we easy as most of them had experienced the scenarios in their childhoods overseas! It would ask questions like, “How do you cross a Piranha infested river” and the guys had lively debates saying things like, “well, usually I tried crossing at night as long as I didn’t have an open cut!” It was hilarious to listen to them talk about their experiences. We all had a blast and it was great company for us as we were missing family back home. Thanks for the company boys!
Yes, they do. In many ways it is similar to how Americans celebrate Christmas.
For example, there is caroling. Agutaynens come in groups of about ten people, along with their instruments, which might be a guitar or a banjo (not unusual if the instruments are missing a string or two). They will sing several Christmas songs in Agutaynen, which is very beautiful. When they are done, we usually give them some Christmas cookies and Coke…. (READ MORE)
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