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The Waiting Place

Waiting is one of those things we may not realize will be part of expat life when we're starting out. But it is oddly common: a season – ...

August 22, 2020
Debriefing Aid Workers: A Comprehensive Manual

Promoting good practice in the management and support of aid personnel

August 22, 2020
How to handle an abrupt transition

I wrote Looming Transitions with known transitions in mind. But what the world has been experiencing recently is the exact opposite of a looming tr ...

August 22, 2020
112: Returning Well: A Guide to Thriving After Serving Cross-Culturally - Encore Episode

Melissa Chaplin, author or “Returning Well” helps us understand what it’s like for workers to return “home” after cross-cultural service. Melissa o ...

August 22, 2020
8 Rules of Transition

I have moved to a third new country in seven years (and that’s not counting all the moves back and forth to my passport country.) Your story is pro ...

August 22, 2020
9 questions to consider before leaving your field

A timing question. We all leave the field eventually. So when is the right time? When I was a field director in Congo I would say, I sure hope the ...

August 22, 2020
Five Reasons I’ve Failed to Grow Through Seasons of Transition

Once when I was introducing a workshop for global workers on the topic of transitions, I conducted an experiment. I asked the attendees to introduc ...

August 22, 2020
Kaleidoscope for TCKs’s Instagram post: “For the third episode of TCKs 101 we’re tackling the big one: grief. Disenfranchised and accumulated, TCK grief is unique...except for when…”

”What does Corona Quarantine and TCKs have in common?  For the third episode of TCKs 101 we’re tackling the big one: grief. Disenfranchised an ...

August 22, 2020
Suitcases by Haddie Grace

"Suitcases," an original TCK song, focuses on resilience rather than grief, and instead of lamenting the absence of a traditional sense of home, cl ...

August 22, 2020
How to Care Well for MK’s {An Interview With an Expert}

 I think of Donna Kushner as a hero. She is a champion of MK’s and TCK’S, their stories, journeys and life struggles. She was so moved by ...

August 22, 2020
SURVEY OF ADULT MKs

RETURN TO THE MINISTRY PAGE [This data is yours to use at no cost, but I do request that you link to this website if you quote or share it. There a ...

August 22, 2020
My Very Exciting, Sorta Scary, Big Move: A workbook for children moving to a new home

Moving is one of the most stressful life events for kids, but this award-winning book will help make it less hectic and more exciting. "My Very Exc ...

August 22, 2020