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- Do Missionaries Actually Experience Stress? February 12, 2018
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Category Archives: Thriving Kids
Free Resource Regarding TCK’s (Third Culture Kids)
Our missionary children face their own major challenges as they follow us back and forth to the fields of service. I know because Sheri and I raised 5 of these TCKs. All are doing well now as adults and have … Continue reading
Ever Wonder What’s Up with Third Culture Kids? (TCK’s)
I’ve passed on articles before from David Lewis’ blog hosted on his website, http://paracletos.org. Dave and his wife, Irene, are excellent missionary caregivers and have a beautiful care center called, Baan Sa’bai.
5 Benefits for Kids Growing Up in Another Culture
Parents most often are a little anxious seeing their kids head off to a foreign country for the sake of the Kingdom. And when grandkids are in the mix, that becomes even more difficult. There are costs to go. There … Continue reading
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Helping Parents Parent in Turbulent Times!
When Sheri and I were parenting our children, most of those years we were overseas doing that in another culture. Influenced by a set number of parenting principles developed from our own backgrounds and biblical teaching, our parenting moved forward … Continue reading
Posted in Missiological Issues, Theological Issues, Thriving Emotionally, Thriving in Family Life, Thriving Kids, Thriving Marriage, Thriving Personally, Thriving Socially
Tagged Bruce Jenner, Case for Missionary Care, change, cross cultural workers, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, member care, member care organizations, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, pace of change, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving, transgender
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Does “Co-Habitation” Really Work?
Here’s an interesting article on a subject I broached some time ago, cohabitation of couples without marrying. I took it from the angle of “biblical immorality.” This article takes a look at what happens to people who co-habit based on … Continue reading
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Tagged Case for Missionary Care, cohabitation, cross cultural workers, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, marriage, member care, member care organizations, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving, unmarried couples
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“Belonging” — That Place of Security and Inner Peace
Missionaries, especially missionary kids, wrestle periodically with the issue of “belongingness.” Where do I really belong? Some of you reading this undoubtedly work among the homeless, and one of their
Posted in Case for Missionary Care, Thriving Emotionally, Thriving in Family Life, Thriving Kids, Thriving Personally, Thriving Spiritually
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Global Nomads (5.5)
Kids following their parents around the world definitely live a different life! They are called TCK’s, or Third Culture Kids because they are multi-cultural and “home” as we probably define it, is an elusive
Posted in Case for Missionary Care, Thriving in Family Life, Thriving Kids
Tagged African missionaries, cameroon, Case for Missionary Care, cross cultural workers, humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid workers, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, member care, member care organizations, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary attrition, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missionary care, Missionary Care Organizations, Missionary Care Providers, missions, Oases, Oasis, tcks, Third Culture Kids, thrive, thrive mentor, thriving, where is home?
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It Made a Difference to That ONE! (3.1)
It might seem extravagant and costly to some that an Oasis is set up, a Caregiver is placed, and Life Impact serves one couple or single at a time, and sometimes children with them. But we should ask, “What is … Continue reading
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Training Your Child to “Self-Protect”
Dear Staff,** (LifeImpactMinistries.net) Dr. Phil, in his new book, “Life Code” writes his thoughts on how to operate in the secular American culture today. The challenge for the Believer in any culture is … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, child, child abuse, children, cross cultural workers, Dr. Phil, humanitarian aid workers, kids, Life Impact, Life Impact Ministries, mission organizations, missionaries, missionary blog, missionary blogs, missions, Oases, Oasis, protecting children, protecting kids, protecting kids from abuse, relationships, thrive, thrive mentor, Thriving Through Rest
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Thoughts on Child Abuse from Dr. Phil
Dear Staff,** (LifeImpactMinistries.net) Recently Sheri was reading the latest book by Dr. Phil, Life Code, The New Rules for Winning in the Real World, and read me the following pages from the book. … Continue reading
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