What Makes Aussie Kids Tick a thorough and insightful overview of what to expect leaving Australia as a missionary family with kids. this book walks you step-by-step through the process preparing to leave, landing, and re-stabilizing as a family. It identifies the potential difficulties in the areas of emotions, logistics and family dynamics, and provides practical advice on navigating them. Of special interest is the discussion of Australian culture and how Australian MKs tend to interact with their “home” culture.
This book’s focus on the universal principles for navigating cross-cultural transitions as a family have allowed it to age well, despite the rapid changes in missions in the decades since its publishing. It is a good introduction to navigating the missionary life, especially from an Australian background, and would be most useful for families entering more traditional missions located in non-Western countries, and those in administration supporting them.
The contents include:
- It’s Time to Get Ready
- It’s Time to Go
- It’s Time to Work
- It’s Time to be a Family
- It’s Time to Choose (Exploring schooling options)
- It’s time to Part
- It’s Time to go to School
- It’s Time for Holidays
- It’s Time for Visitors
- It’s Time for Identification
- It’s Time to Leave
- It’s Time to Return
- It’s Time to Help (How the sending church can help their missionaries)
- It’s Time to Evaluate
Out of stock in online stores as of July 2022.
Parents on the Move is a concise and practical source of advice for parents TCKs. It focuses on strategies for successful family relocation and family health, through a unique lens of the Christian faith. In it you will find real-life experiences combined with a systematic break-down of the unique challenges of moving internationally with young ones.
This book would be best for younger families encountering an international move for the first time. It could also benefit HR staff in organizations that regularly deploy internationally to set up their employees for success at their new assignments. It is not a dense read, and can be easily skimmed for the information most pertinent to one’s own situation.
The appendices provide workbook sheets to help you brainstorm in preparation for your family’s move, along the lines the book has presented. They are perhaps most useful for making sure you articulate your expectations and think through all your options before your move.
Chapters:
- Strategic Priorities
- Seven Levels of Moving
- Checking Out the Giants (Schools, Neighborhood and Home, Social Network)
- The ACE Card (What to look for in when assessing potential schools)
- The Home Schooling Option
- Your Support Team – Do you have one?
- Grandmothers as Communication Central
- Expecting and Delivering a Baby Abroad
- Heading Home – Heading Out Again
Appendices:
- Family Relocation Listening Exercises
- Relocation Level Questionnaire
- Sample School Visit Schedule
- School Visit Strengths and Weaknesses Chart
- ACE Checklist
- Support team Contact Information
This compilation of essays and blog posts has a refreshing range of topics and authors from differing perspectives. There are some essays from experts like Ruth Van Reken but the majority seem to be from normal TCKs and parents of TCKs, sharing their experiences and insecurities. Rather than giving out facts and advice, the majority of essays are very personal and introduce questions and things to think about rather than answers.
The essays are grouped into these sections:
Discovering Third Culture Kids
Parenting Third Culture Kids
Struggling Third Culture Kids
Transitioning Third Culture Kids
Thriving as Third Culture Kids
Benito hat eine Riesenreise hinter sich: Vier Jahre lang haben seine Eltern in Jerusalem gearbeitet – eine aufregende Zeit für den kleinen Weltenbummler und seine Geschwister.
Natürlich hat er auch einen dicken Reisekoffer voller Erinnerungen mitgebracht. Einen Teil seiner spannenden, lustigen, ernsten und absolut lehrreichen Geschichten hat seine Mutter schon in dem Buch “Reise nach Jerusalem” niedergeschrieben. Doch nun ist Benito bereits 12 Jahre, viele Souvenirs hat er noch gar nicht ausgepackt und er kann manche Erlebnisse ganz anders einordnen und beschreiben. Von der internationalen Schule, an der fast täglich ein Fest steigt, bis zu den verschiedenen Haustierchen, die man am besten mit Schnapsflaschen jagt – das Leben in Israel gleicht dem kunterbunten Basar in Jerusalem. Es lohnt sich, hineinzutauchen in dieses Gewimmel der unterschiedlichsten Kulturen, Religionen und Völker.
Four years ago, Benito returned from his huge journey: his parents worked in Jerusalem for four years – an exciting time for the little globetrotter and his siblings.
Of course, he also brought a thick suitcase full of memories. His mother wrote down some of his exciting, funny, serious and absolutely instructive stories in the book “Reise nach Jerusalem”. But now Benito is 12 years old, and he can view and describe some experiences differently. From the international school, which has a festival almost every day, to the various pets that are best trapped with liquor bottles – life in Israel is like the colorful bazaar in Jerusalem. It is worth diving into this swarm of different cultures, religions and peoples.
THIS BOOK IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN
1951: Auf einem Flugplatz in Nigeria klettert die kleine Ruth in ein Flugzeug, das sie in ein Internat bringen wird – weit, weit weg von Papa und Mama, die als Missionare für Gott arbeiten. Und sie weint. Das ist der Auftakt eines verbissenen Kampfes, mit dem sie einen Schmerz niederzukämpfen versucht, der mit jedem Abschied von ihren Lieben tiefer geht und doch so gar nicht zu einem Gotteskind passen will. Jahre später: Ruth führt ein Bilderbuchleben als Missionarsfrau und Mutter. Dennoch leidet sie unter Depressionen, Wutanfällen und bohrender Kritiksucht, so sehr, dass ihr Glaube eines Tages Bankrott anmeldet. Doch dann: „Irgendwie beugte sich Gott zu mir herunter und sagte freundlich: Ruth, ich habe die ganze Zeit darauf gewartet, dass du endlich aufhörst zu kämpfen. Ich möchte dich in die Vergangenheit zurückführen, um dir zu zeigen, wo du Verletzungen erlebt hast. Ich hielt mich an Christus fest und erlebte im Rückblick all die Gefühle, die ich mir nie eingestanden hatte. Und so schrieb ich sie auf, diese Briefe, die ich niemals schrieb.“ Briefe einer Reise hinter den Schmerz, wo Ruth van Reken Heilung fand. Und eine Hoffnung, die allen Menschen gilt, egal unter welcher Art von Verlust oder Verletzung sie leiden.
This is the German edition of “Letters Never Sent” by Ruth Van Reken
Jesse vindt het helemaal niet leuk om te verhuizen naar Boma, een dorpje in het binnenland van Papoea. Maar zijn vader gaat er werken, en dus moet hij wel mee. Gelukkig wordt hij goed opgevangen door Rafaël, die er al jaren woont, en die samen met zijn Papoeavrienden een jungleclub heeft opgericht. Jesse mag ook lid worden. Maar niet meteen, natuurlijk. Hij moet eerst een overleven-in-de-jungle cursus volgen. En allerlei moeilijke opdrachten uitvoeren om te bewijzen dat hij moed heeft …
De overleven-in-de-jungle cursus: een spannend, stoer en grappig boek, dat kinderen zelf laat beleven hoe het is om in het oerwoud van Papoea te wonen.
Benito is 5 years old and quite excited. He is going to Israel with mom, dad, and his two little siblings. And not just for vacation! They will be working in the Johanniter hospice in the old city of Jerusalem where, in years past, sick knights were cared for, and where you can still hear the clatter of rusty armor! They soon feel at home – in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the Jerusalem bazaar, between all the religions and cultures of the country that knows no peace. For four years he and his family enjoy the magic of Israel. Everything is exciting there – from the “grave kitchen” to the Turkish tower, from the Dead Sea on which you can sit, to the books you have to read backwards; from the many fun festivals that the Israelis celebrate to their delicious food.
THIS BOOK IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN
