Third Culture Kids

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.

What is most previous to you? How would you decide what to take with you when you go to school? How do you deal with saying goodbyes? Meet Scratchy the Turtle!

It's all very well for adults to decide they're going to go overseas for the sake of the gospel. But what about their children? What's it like for them?