“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. “(2 Corinthians 12:9)
Many of us missional women, along the journey of life, may find ourselves married and with missionary kids (MK’s) or maybe you are a MK yourself. So I just recently wrote my two middle children of 4 who are MK’s, and happen to like to write and asked:
” I would like to invite you to write something for my blog if interested? I think my audience would be interested in hearing what you have to say. “What was it like to grow up in Philippines 🇵🇭 as an MK missionary kid? Good and bad , if any and in what ways has it impacted your life today ? Or if you were to share one story about your life as an MK what would it be and why ?“
Both of them responded back. This month will be Shane, our third child, and next month will be Shawna our second child, who are both grown and out of the house. We are very blessed by what they have become. I think you will enjoy their insights.
Shane is the editorial director for Proven Ministries, a sexual integrity organization. He is finishing up his graduate degree in apologetics and lives in Lynchburg Virginia. He loves reading, movies, and rock climbing. You can read Shane’s work at https://www.provenmen.org/
VIVID DREAMS
“I’m 29, and yet I’m still discovering what it means to be a missionary kid (MK) and how that experience has shaped me. Let me take a moment to share two ways I’ve been impacted by being born in a Majority World country. I was born in the Philippines in 1990, and I lived there for the first five years of my life. Many of my memories from the Philippines strike me as a series of vivid dreams, dreams I used to have over and over again, but dreams that suddenly stopped. It’s hard to say how an environment and culture form a person, specifically a child.