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Advice for Starting a New School
By PortalBot • August 27, 2021

Starting a new school is very daunting. Especially in a new country! Help your child make the new start as pain-free as possible with these simple tips.

By Carole Mallett Hobbs

An Intricate Tapestry The Acculturation of Missionaries & Their Children
By PortalBot • July 23, 2021

The author, the child of missionaries to Korea, explores the acculturation of the missionaries in their adopted land and the issues facing them and their children on return to the USA. While her st...

Uprooted with no RAFT
By PortalBot • June 08, 2021

It is mid-September and six months since borders closed, masks became mandatory, and life changed for people around the globe.  While fall is always a time of movement and change for expats an...

Serving Well Help fo the Wannabe, Newbie, or Weary Cross-cultural Christian Worker
By PortalBot • March 17, 2021

Are you dreaming of working abroad? Imagining serving God in another land? Or are you already on the field, unsure about what to do next or how to manage the stresses of cross-cultural life? Or per...

Serving at the Ends of the Earth Family Life and TCKs
By PortalBot • March 17, 2021

Taking a family overseas for a prolonged period will change the children and permanently shape the adults that they become. Those who grow up in another culture to that of their parents assimilate ...

A Different Time
By PortalBot • March 17, 2021

TCK looks back to where he was raised in Africa, not expecting the people who know him now will have any comprehension, and that is ok.

I Wish I Could Hold Your Hand: a child's guide to grief and loss
By PortalBot • March 16, 2021

This warm and comforting book gently helps grieving children identify their feelings -- from denial and anger to guilt and sadness -- and learn to accept and deal with them.  The expressive il...

Road Home, The
By PortalBot • November 07, 2020

Rahul Gandotra was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and grew up in eight countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and America. His international childhood has been a major inspiration ...

Families on the Move: Growing Up Overseas and Loving It
By PortalBot • November 07, 2020

More and more families raise their children abroad. This book helps these parents take their kids through the awkward and frustrating third-culture kid moments.

By: Marion Knell