Being a parent in the digital age means you have a ton of ways to connect with others...On social media, you can also post photos of your kids so friends and family across the world can keep up with family news. Sometimes, though, parents can post a little  too  much information about their kids — or even go so far as to shame them publicly.  Sharenting is a term that most likely originated in a  Wall Street Journal article  from 2012. A mashup of the words “overshare” and “parenting,” i...

Gil and I met at 21 years old, married at 23, and were living in Tanzania by 24. We had been married all of nine months before we moved overseas. We had gotten to know each other as co-leaders of a cross-cultural ministry in California, and our desire to be missionaries was one of the main factors that brought us together. Our mission organization had vetted us, interviewed us, and sent us to two weeks of training. I had spent half of my childhood as an MK, and both of us had spent several year...

 We are a growing community of people in mission – whether going, sending, supporting, praying or financing. Syzygy exists to support mission workers.  Our mission is to maximise the effectiveness of mission workers and prevent their avoidable departure from their place of service.  We do this by providing training, debriefing, pastoral care and practical support.  We do this one-to-one, or through workshops, retreats and conferences, as well as through our blogs... NOTE: This is Brit...

The mission of TCK Training is to come alongside parents and sending entities for the purpose of equipping, encouraging, and empowering them to raise up healthy Third Culture Kids. By: TCK Training

Today’s post has been submitted anonymously as a follow up to a piece published here, at A Life Overseas, in 2013. Today we hear from the daughter of ‘Jessica’ that wrote that article in 2013.  ~~~… Author: Editor Source: A Life Overseas