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Video Games and Online Chats Are ‘Hunting Grounds’ for Sexual Predators
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Criminals are making virtual connections with children through gaming and social media platforms. One popular site warns visitors, “Please be careful.”

TC & E How to Help Guide for Supporting Children & Families (TC & E = Third CUlture Kids Care & Education)
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Guide for supporting children and families. Lists of resources on: Care, TC&E (Third Culture Kids Care & Education) Staff, Family Education.

By: SIL Third Culture Kid Ca...

The Deal God Never Made: The Story of Bob Pierce
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Biographical story of Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision and then Samaritan's Purse. Cautions about imbalance in ministry over family.

By: Dennis Pollock

Shattered Souls – Interaction International
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Third Culture Kids and sexual abuse.  Written by the author of The Shack. 

By: Wm. Paul Young

YANGs » SYZYGY MISSIONS SUPPORT NETWORK
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

A recent discussion with other member care workers, followed by a discussion with some prospective mission workers who plan to take early retirement and go abroad leaving behind their grown up chil...

Life Space Crisis Intervention, Inc.
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

LSCI is a brain-based, trauma-informed, relationship-building verbal strategy that turns crisis situations into learning opportunities for young people who exhibit challenging...

Overcoming Missionary Stress
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Stress is a natural part of even a healthy life. But too much stress can damage relationships, hamper productivity, even ruin lives.  Living in alien, often hostile cultures, typically without...

Every Heart Restored Workbook: A Wife's Guide to Healing in the Wake of Every Man's Battle
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

A Practical Path to Healing for Wives Facing a Husband’s Sexual Sin.

Connecting emotionally in marriage isn’t easy. Sadly, many men prefer the “false intimacy” found in pornography, lust...

Sammy's Next Move: Sammy the snail is a travelling snail who lives in different countries
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Sammy's Next Move is a wonderful story about a snail named Sammy who lives around the world with his parents. He is a ‘third culture kid’, TCK or global nomad. He often moves to new countries and h...

Homeward Bound: A Spouse's Guide to Repatriation
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Out of years of personal experience and interaction with other expatriate/third culture families, Robin Pascoe has caught the essence of the challenges and struggles that all too often are faced by...