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Sacred Siblings
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

[DESCRIPTION] In Sacred Siblings: Valuing One Another for the Great Commission we learn about how teams come together with varying expectations of what team life should be. The authors of...

Doing Member Care Well - Perspectives and Practices From Around the World
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

This book explores how member care is being practiced around the world to equip sending organizations as they intentionally support their mission/aid personnel. The information provided includes pe...

Frontline Women (Revised Edition)
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Frontline Women is a collection of writings on women’s issues from those who have had mission field experience. Each author has special interest and expertise in the area in which he ...

Depression
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

WHO fact sheet on depression providing key facts and information on types and symptoms, contributing factors, diagnosis and treatment, WHO response.

Member Care Media
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020
Third Culture Kids: the impact of growing up in a globalized world | Ruth Van Reken | TEDxINSEAD
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

In this TEDx presentation Ruth Van Reken shares her insight on the griefs and gains of being the Third Culture Kid. Ruth Van Reken is a second generation Third Culture Kid (TCK - a child who spends...

Mental health: strengthening our response
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

WHO fact sheet on mental health providing key facts and information on determinants, strategies and interventions, WHO response.

By: World Health Organization

Chapters from Trauma & Resilience Handbook for FREE distribution
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

This resource provides three free chapters from "Trauma & Resilience - A Handbook." Spiritual Resources in Dealing with Trauma has sections focusing on Lament, Grace, and ...

Building Identity as a Third Culture Kid | Erik Vyhmeister | TEDxAndrewsUniversity
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Erik Vyhmeister explains what it means to be a Third Culture Kid, and why this matters in an increasingly connected world. Having grown up across four continents, Erik Vyhmeister shares his experie...

PACT to Go: A cross-cultural workers’ guide to creating a Personal Accountability and Care Team
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Sending people to share the gospel in another culture is only part of what it takes to be obedient to what we call "The Great Comission." The other part of the equation is that those who go out nee...