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By Averil Bennett GO Teams from NZ to Thailand ran for 15 years from 1995. Well-prepared teams of up to 30 15-18 year-olds submitted their final exam, grabbed their sleeping bags, mat and [...]

By Rob McArthur – OMF New Zealand’s South Island Coordinator. Of the approximately 23,000 days I have lived so far, a few have changed my life.  Here are some. 2010 found me sitting at a [...]

By Matt and Cristellle Nicholas Matt and Cristelle recently went on a short-term mission trip, and received confirmation that they should return overseas in a long-term capacity. Here, they share [...]

By Shireen Chua – Missions mobiliser for OMF NZ The word “mission” may conjure up a variety of images for you.  In the context of this Serving Asia magazine, it might have strong [...]

By Gemma Creasy   The New Arrival As I walk down the streets with crowds of people all around me speaking words unfamiliar to my ears, it all blurs together into background noise. Between those [...]

By Averil Bennett TCK is shorthand for Trans-Cultural Kid, or Third Culture Kid. The word “kid” is an amercanism, but also reminds me that TCK’s can have some goat-like characteristics, shared by [...]

By AnnaMarie Slessor AnnaMarie was a TCK – third culture kid – in Thailand from 1973 (when she was born in Manorom) until 1990, when she graduated from Faith Academy. Here she [...]

by Sylvia Yuan and Timothy Chen 聽到媽媽說，我可以請假跟她到新加坡好幾周，真的很興奮呢！「海外基督使 團」（OMF）這個名稱我已聽過很多次，早前陪媽媽去上候選宣教士課程時，我就已和鈴木家的三個小朋友交上了朋友，他們的爸爸是日本人、媽媽是中國人。這次因為兩家人都去新加坡參加使團的「迎新課程」，我可以和鈴木家的孩子們在那邊待上一個月！每天見面一起玩，耶！ [...]

By Susan Murray – OMF New Zealand’s TCK Advisor Recently I had the privilege to travel to Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia with OMF, as their TCK (Third Culture Kids) advisor for New [...]

By Sharon Liao The Oxford Dictionary defines a slum as a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people. In other words, people live in a dilapidated place which [...]