Missionary Kid Stories

Missionary Kid Stories
Author: Jennifer Brannon
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2016-07-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1512743607

Missionary Kid Stories is a collection of six fictionalized missionary kids first-hand accounts of their lives. Learn where the missionary kids live, where they go to school, what languages they speak, what they like to eat, and in what ministry their parents are involved! The stories are based, in part, on past or present real missionary families. Learn about Mexico, Indonesia, France, Zimbabwe, the Philippines, and Brazil from the missionary kids point of view! A variety of missionary ministries are presented to inspire you to consider what talents and gifts you have, and to encourage you to think how you might serve God in missions in the future.

Parents of Missionaries

Parents of Missionaries
Author: Cheryl Savageau
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2012-01-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830859292

Whether you're the parent of a missionary recruit or a parent of an experienced missionary, this resource will help you thrive and stay connected with your children and grandchildren serving cross-culturally. Combining a counselor's professional insight and a parent's personal journey, the authors help you understand missionary life, grandparent long-distance and say good-bye well.

Missionary Stories with the Millers

Missionary Stories with the Millers
Author: Mildred A. Martin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 205
Release: 1993
Genre: Missionaries
ISBN: 9780962764349

Experience thrilling adventure as the Christian missionaries on these pages meet witch doctors, disease, drought, hate-filled guerillas, a Bible thief, and killer cats. Each story is based on actual happenings from the lives of real people.

Elephant Baseball

Elephant Baseball
Author: Paul Heusinkveld
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2017
Genre: Children of missionaries
ISBN: 9780802875501

This fascinating book recounts the up-and-down experiences of a missionary kid growing up overseas away from home in the 1960s. A sensitive autobiographical exploration of the universal trials of adolescence, Paul Heusinkveld's Elephant Baseball luxuriates in narrative fluidity--truly a riveting read.

Missionary Families Find a Sense of Place and Identity

Missionary Families Find a Sense of Place and Identity
Author: John S. Benson
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2015-06-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1498504868

Missionary Families Find a Sense of Place and Identity is a community history of members of nineteen Lutheran missionary families who served in Tanzania. Based on over ninety interviews and John Benson’s extensive knowledge of cultural geography, he compares the lives of the missionary generation who grew up in the United States and went to Tanzania as missionaries to those of their children who grew up in Africa but settled in the United States as adults. Benson blends his personal experiences as a child of missionaries in Tanzania to tell the story of both generations. Missionary Families is centered on the themes of connection to place and religious development and will appeal to scholars of geography, cultural studies and religion.

I Have to Be Perfect

I Have to Be Perfect
Author: Timothy L Sanford M a
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2015-12-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781517004286

"I have to be perfect!" If you've ever told yourself this lie, you need to check out Timothy Sanford's book. Whether you've grown-up in a ministry family or struggle with perfectionism, you'll find encouragement, challenge, and inspiration in Tim's writing. Tim shares some of his personal story and insights from years of professional counseling!

Mommy, What Is a Missionary?

Mommy, What Is a Missionary?
Author: Dan Schuch
Publisher: TrustedBooks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Christianity
ISBN: 9781632693853

This book tells the story of a loving mother who answers her daughter's tough questions about missionaries. Katie's mommy explains that missionaries love to tell others about how much Jesus loves them. And Katie learns that missionaries enjoy praying for little children like herself. Katie comes to realize that she can pray for missionaries too!

Misunderstood

Misunderstood
Author: Tanya Crossman
Publisher: Summertime Publishing
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2016-08-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781909193857

Over 200 million people currently live abroad; more than 50 million are temporary residents, intending to return to their country of origin. Misunderstood explores the impact international life can have on the children of such families - while they live overseas, when they return, and as they mature into adults. Similarities in their shared experiences (regardless of the different countries in which they have lived) create a safe space of comfort and understanding. Tanya Crossman introduces this space - the Third Culture - through the personal stories of hundreds of individuals. Whether you grew up overseas, are raising children overseas, or know a family living abroad, Misunderstood will equip you with insights into the international experience, along with practical suggestions for how to offer meaningful care and support.

Raising Resilient MKs

Raising Resilient MKs
Author: Association of Christian Schools International
Publisher:
Total Pages: 510
Release: 1998
Genre: Children of missionaries
ISBN: 9781583310090

The Mission-minded Child

The Mission-minded Child
Author: Ann Dunagan
Publisher: Authentic
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Christian education
ISBN: 9781932805888

David Livingstone, once said, "This generation can only reach this generation." But will we raise our children to effectively impact their generation for Jesus Christ? The Mission-Minded Child is a practical book to encourage Christian parents and teachers placed in the strategic position of impacting the next generation. As a guide to world missions, The Mission-Minded Child is filled with facts, information and tools for teaching. It focuses on the "why" of missions —including our Biblical basis, historical heritage and the world 's need —and contains over 25 mini-missionary biographies, motivational mission stories, classic poems, hymns and hundreds of easy-to-use ideas. The Mission-Minded Child will inspire teachers and parents to look for God 's potential in their child, "release" their little one to God for His purposes and "raise" their child to fulFill God 's speciFic mission. As a resource tool, this book will be referred to again and again.