1.4 Missionary Kids and Identity - a podcast by Cru

from 2020-08-28T20:00

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How do you determine your identity? For the cultures you identify with which one do you identify with the most? What does your passport country mean to you? What does your host country (where you grew up in) mean to you? How do you identity yourself currently? If that is different from in the past, how has that changed over time?

Panelists:

Paul Snider: grew up in Jamaica until college; parents are from the USA; currently directs Cru's ministry for Missionary Kids, MK2MK.

Hannah: grew up in Romania the first 10 years of life and then Hungary till 18 years old; family from South Carolina, USA; currently in Florida, USA Sarah: grew up in Slovenia from 6 to 12 years old; lived in Colorado, Illinois, and Ohio in the USA; went back as a missionary to Slovenia for two years and moving to Central Asia

Interviewer:

Elizabeth Norvell: missionary kid who grew up in the Philippines and USA; currently life in transit location wise.

MK2MK Based in Orlando, MK2MK serves missionaries around the world by discipling MKs and encouraging the whole family. MKs and other TCKs are involved through mission trips, conferences, and our ongoing local and virtual communities. You can go to mk2mk.org to learn more. There you'll find info on upcoming summer missions, resources for parents, kids, and teenagers, as well as links to their social media and blog.

Visit our blog for more details on the interviewer and interviewees at https://tckvof.wordpress.com/

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