Third Culture Kids

We asked two missionary mums in Japan who have children in four different education systems how life is for them at the moment in the midst of this global pandemic.

My time with Serve Asia affirmed that, even in my weakness, God can use me in kingdom work, even in places way out of my comfort zone.

Evelyn came to Japan to serve families by taking care of their kids.

We often hear that kids adapt quickly to a new culture and language, but it is not necessarily easy, for them or their parents.

My coping mechanism was to build walls. If I didn’t care about people then it didn’t hurt as much when they left.

The reason that I never wanted to be introduced as a “the kid from Japan” was because I didn’t want to be labelled as that kid and be forced to slowly push through the stereotypes.

As a short term worker helping with child care, I thought I was just going to be babysitting.

A mother's prayers. A young daughter's prayers. Look what can happen when God answers our prayers.