Welcome
Thursday, July 13, 2006
God bless you and welcome to our family page.Gina and I have four adult children: (L to R) Jasmine, Jason, Lupe and Genesis. On this page you can learn about them and how they are doing.
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They were raised entirely on the mission field and home schooled. They were real troopers while they were with us on the field having lived in a large variety of situations and in different countries. They spent most of their lives travelling to different countries with us as Gina and I ministered the Gospel. They have ministered with us in war zones, in third world and developing countries in Latin America and Africa as well as in different parts of Europe. They started our children’s churches helped us in youth camps and being fluently bilingual, served as professional translators for the many visitors we had (and yet have) on the field. They also brought “tons” of young people into our church and home.
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Missionaries’ children are known simply as MK’s (missionary’s kids). Cultural anthropologists call children that are born in and come from one cultural family setting but are raised in another “third culture children”. Their perspective on life and world view are vastly different from children born and raised in the same cultural setting as their parents and people around them. I was also an MK, only I was a "Military Kid" and not a "Missionary Kid" (sometimes we shamelessly are "Army Brats"), so I somewhat know what it was to be a "third culture child".
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You Know You're an MK When...
1.) You can't answer the question, "Where are you from?"
2.) 011 is a familiar area code.
3.) You speak two languages, but can't spell either.
4.) You flew before you could walk.
5.) The U.S. is a foreign country.
6.) You embarrass yourself by asking what swear words mean.
7.) You have a passport, but no driver's license.
8.) You watch National Geographic specials and recognize someone.
9.) You have a time zone map next to your telephone.
10.) You consider a city 500 miles away to be "very close."
11.) Your life story uses the phrase "Then we went to..." five times.
12.) You can cut grass with a machete, but can't start a lawnmower.
13.) You think in grams, meters, and liters.
14.) You speak with authority on the quality of airline travel.
15.) You go to the U.S., and get sick from a mosquito bite.
16.) You send your family peanut butter for Christmas.
17.) You worry about fitting in, and wear a native wrap around the dorm
18.) National Geographic makes you homesick.
19.) You don't know where home is.
20.) You do your devotions in another language.
21.) You sort your friends by continent.
22.) "Where are you from?" has more than one reasonable answer.
23.) The nationals say, "Oh, I knew an American once..." and then ask if you know him or her.
24.) You aren't terribly surprised when you do.
25.) You are grateful for the speed and efficiency of the U.S. Postal Service.
26.) You realize that furlough is not a vacation.
27.) You wince when people mispronounce foreign words.
28.) You stockpile mangoes.
29.) You know what real coffee tastes like.
30.) The majority of your friends never spoke English.
2.) 011 is a familiar area code.
3.) You speak two languages, but can't spell either.
4.) You flew before you could walk.
5.) The U.S. is a foreign country.
6.) You embarrass yourself by asking what swear words mean.
7.) You have a passport, but no driver's license.
8.) You watch National Geographic specials and recognize someone.
9.) You have a time zone map next to your telephone.
10.) You consider a city 500 miles away to be "very close."
11.) Your life story uses the phrase "Then we went to..." five times.
12.) You can cut grass with a machete, but can't start a lawnmower.
13.) You think in grams, meters, and liters.
14.) You speak with authority on the quality of airline travel.
15.) You go to the U.S., and get sick from a mosquito bite.
16.) You send your family peanut butter for Christmas.
17.) You worry about fitting in, and wear a native wrap around the dorm
18.) National Geographic makes you homesick.
19.) You don't know where home is.
20.) You do your devotions in another language.
21.) You sort your friends by continent.
22.) "Where are you from?" has more than one reasonable answer.
23.) The nationals say, "Oh, I knew an American once..." and then ask if you know him or her.
24.) You aren't terribly surprised when you do.
25.) You are grateful for the speed and efficiency of the U.S. Postal Service.
26.) You realize that furlough is not a vacation.
27.) You wince when people mispronounce foreign words.
28.) You stockpile mangoes.
29.) You know what real coffee tastes like.
30.) The majority of your friends never spoke English.
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