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THIRD CULTURE KIDS IN MISSIONAL FAMILIES—GOD’S GIFT TO US

When we think of tentmaking missions, we think of bi-vocational men and women, who transplant themselves from the comfort of their home country and way of life to an alien land and culture in order to make Christ known. But wait! They don’t go alone. Many bring their children, who share the challenge of making the new language and culture their own too. They are the “Third Culture Kids.”

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Sending MinistryLaurie Fralick
A TRIBUTE TO VICKIE MARIE (YOUNG) WEN

The 2012 Winter Networker feature article was: “A Family Comes Home: God’s Good Story”. We used pseudonyms as the Wen Family had just returned from China.  

Feisty and full of life despite having advanced metastatic cancer, Vickie liked to say, “If I’m not dead, I’m not done.” 

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A CALL TO BEEs: BABY BOOMERS, EMPTY NESTERS AND EARLY RETIREES

It has been said that the graying of America is a God-ordained phenomenon unique in the history of the world and of the church.  Never before has any country had so many retirees who are Christian and suited to invest their best years to make strategic and meaningful contributions to God’s kingdom around the world, especially in tentmaking missions.  The same is true for Canada where social benefits are excellent and the Canadian dollar is getting stronger all the time. 

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