Life as a Childfree Christian Missionary Kid

December 2, 2008

Where to find me

My main blog can be found at The Twiga Blog.

March 18, 2007

Resources for the MK/TCK

Here are some websites of interest to the MK/TCK (missionary kid/third culture kid):
Interaction
MK Planet - a social community
Ruth van Reken’s site
Mu Kappa - college social group
Article of resources – lots of books and links listed
MK Connection
Families in Global Transition
Global Nomads Virtual Village
Expat Expert
Missionary Care Resources - a wealth of brochures and resources
TCK World
Transition Dynamics
Cross Cultural Workers

Book Resources:
Third Culture Kids by David Pollock, Ruth van Reken
Letters Never Sent by Ruth van Reken
Children of the Call by Charlene Gray
Cross-Cultural Re-entry by Clyde Austin (editor)
Scamps, Scholars and Saints (anthology of poems and stories by MKs) – compiled by the Dyers
And Bees Make Honey (anthology of poems and stories by MKs) – compiled by the Dyers
Don’t Pig Out on Junk Food by Alma D. Gordon
Hidden Immigrants by Linda Bell
Strangers at Home by Carolyn Smith
You Know You’re an MK When… by Andy and Deborah Kerr
Missionary Kid-MK by Edward Danielson
I Have to Be Perfect: And Other Parsonage Heresies by Timothy Sanford
Fiction book dealing with being an MK: The Happy Room by Catherine Palmer

Books dealing with missionary issues:
Psychology of Missionary Adjustment by Marge Jones
Overcoming Missionary Stress by Marjory F. Foyle
Honorably Wounded by Marjory Foyle
Who Cares About the Missionary? by Marjorie Collins
Culture Shock by Myron Loss
The Missionary Family by Betty Jo Kenney
Manual for Today’s Missionary by Marjorie Collins
Understanding and Nurturing the Missionary Family by ICMK
Homeward Bound by Robin Pascoe
The Art of Coming Home by Craig Storti

Magazine for TCKs:
Among Worlds - or check out their blog

January 17, 2007

Favorite Books

Here are some of my favorite books:
Non-Fiction:

A Woman’s Journey to the Heart of God by Cynthia Heald
How People Grow by Henry Cloud & John Townsend
When God’s People Let You Down by Jeff VanVonderen
Living Above the Level of Mediocrity by Charles Swindoll
Help, I’m Laughing and I Can’t Get Up by Liz Curtis Higgs
Third Culture Kids by David Pollock
The Healing Path by Dan Allender
Quality Friendship by Gary Inrig
Mustard Seed vs. McWorld by Tom Sine
Yearning by M. Craig Barnes
Letters Never Sent by Ruth van Reken
Martha to the Max by Debi Stack
Biblioholism by Tom Raabe

Fiction:

Ice by Shane Johson
Mixed Signals by Liz Curtis Higgs
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
The Atonement Child by Francine Rivers
Redemption series by Karen Kingsbury & Gary Smalley (Redemption, Remember, Return, Rejoice & Reunion)
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse & His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle)
Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne’s House of Dreams, Anne of Ingleside, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside)
The Shannara series by Terry Brooks (The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara, The Wishsong of Shannara, The Scions of Shannara, The Druid of Shannara, The Elf-Queen of Shannara, The Talismans of Shannara)
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Double Vision by Randall Ingermanson
Oxygen by Randall Ingermanson, John Olson
The Street Lawyer by John Grisham
Runaway Jury by John Grisham
Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella (Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Shopaholic Ties the Knot, and Shopaholic & Sister)
Virus by Graham Watkins
Pandora’s Clock by John J. Nance
The Circle trilogy by Ted Dekker (Black, Red, and White)
Utopia by Lincoln Child
Million Dollar Mystery series by Mindy Starns Clark (A Penny for Your Thoughts, Don’t Take Any Wooden Nickels, A Dime a Dozen, A Quarter for a Kiss, and The Buck Stops Here)