Tag: missionary

• Turmoil in South Sudan – Interview with American family who calls South Sudan home

  On Christmas Day you probably were not thinking about South Sudan.  At least not very much.  I wasn’t.  But, if you are the Faders, you were.  They left their home and relationships in South Sudan for a Christmas holiday, not knowing their return would be tenuous.  A year ago the Faders were featured on willtravelwithkids,…

  willtravelwithkids

  December 28, 2013

  Africa, Children, Christian Life, Current Events, Faith, Family, History, Parenting, Travel

  missionary, SIM, South Sudan, TCK

• The Ill-Fated Feast – Mom’s perspective

  As I recalled the account of a fateful holiday meal, posted yesterday on Communicating Across Boundaries, I asked my mom to recount the event from her perspective: That Thanksgiving is a bit of a blurr.  Of course, I wanted it to be perfect.  Dad had gone to Malawi, by train, to get our beloved students.…

  willtravelwithkids

  December 24, 2013

  Africa, Children, Christian Life, Christmas, Faith, Family, Mozambique, Parenting, Travel

  boarding school, Christianity, faith, holiday meal, missionary, TCK, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving dinner

• Moving to a country in civil war – a letter to my small children

  Today I have the very distinct honor of posting a journal entry my mom wrote in 1988 before our family of six moved to Mozambique, a country in the midst of a brutal civil war.  Over the course of this last month my mom has shared some personal details from her journals about the challenges…

  willtravelwithkids

  April 4, 2013

  Children, Christian Life, Faith, Family, Mozambique, Parenting, Travel

  Christ, faith, God, Jesus, journal, missionary, MK, Mozambique, obedience, parenting, sacrifice, TCK

• Up and moved to Bucharest, Romania – with four young children

  Today meet Jake and Jessie in Bucharest.  I am so encouraged by their story, up and moving to Romania because they knew that’s what they needed to do.  One of my favorite quotes – “People of all cultures love kids, so they’ve opened a lot of conversations and softened a lot of people to us. …

  willtravelwithkids

  January 15, 2013

  Children, Europe, Faith, Family, Parenting, Travel

  Bucharest, children, culture, faith, family, fear, missionary, Romania, TCK

• Raising boys in Melut, South Sudan

  When I read the Fader’s blog from South Sudan I am always encouraged by the joy and vivacity which marks their lives.   They live in the new South Sudan, a place most people would refuse to take their family simply because all they know about Sudan is what they’ve heard on the news.  If…

  willtravelwithkids

  January 14, 2013

  Africa, Children, Christian Life, Faith, Family, Parenting, Travel

  Africa, boys, faith, God, missionary, South Sudan, Sudan, TCK

• The first good-bye – 1986

  In 1986 my family moved overseas for the first time, taking along all our worldly possessions and saying good-bye “for forever.”  Today, I’m proud to have my mom as a guest writer share about that experience.  Thanks mom!  Traveling with children had always meant piling suitcases in the car — and blankies, a pacifier, diapers,…

  willtravelwithkids

  June 28, 2012

  Children, Family, Photography, Travel

  good-byes, grandparents, Lisbon, missionary, Portugal, relationships, TCK