by creativemgrus | Sep 23, 2013 | Trauma, Tumaini Articles
Trauma Trauma is all around us here in East Africa. We may suffer one ourselves or be called upon to assist others caught up in one. So it pays to be prepared. Traumata are events that overwhelm a person’s ability to cope. Traumatic events can be sudden and unexpected...
by creativemgrus | Sep 23, 2013 | TCKs
Working With Children After Traumatic Events Article by Dr Richard W. Baggé I. General Principles A. Children and adolescents (and adults) need to be understood in relationship to the stage of their development. B. The younger the child, the more dependent their...
by creativemgrus | Sep 19, 2013 | TCKs
We often think about grief and loss as being adult experiences and emotions. However, Missionary Kids (MK’s) experience incredible amounts of loss with their frequent travel and moving. They lose their best friends when they leave a country or someone goes on...
by creativemgrus | Sep 7, 2013 | TCKs, Transition
Rachel Jones, an expatriate living in Djibouti, shares in her blog ways to help your kids re-enter their passport country. Click here to view
by creativemgrus | Apr 24, 2013 | Cross-Cultural, Marriage
Missionary Care – Resources for Missions and Member Care This site is useful website containing topical articles/brochures and e-books on a wide spectrum of missionary member care concerns. The link above opens a page of links related to Missionary Marriage...
by creativemgrus | Apr 23, 2013 | Marriage
The following sites have guidance for strengthening one’s marriage. Resources include message notes, MP3 audio downloads, audio streaming, and/or video. Some offer their resources for free. [As web pages will change, the links provided might become broken. If...
by creativemgrus | Sep 30, 2012 | Anxiety, Depression, Tumaini Articles
Frank C. Laubach wrote many letters to his father during his missionary years in the Philippines. Excerpts have been gathered into a little, but powerful, book – Letters by a Modern Mystic. Dallas Willard writes in the foreword, “You hold in your hands a...
by creativemgrus | Aug 27, 2012 | Depression
When you’re in the throes of depression, it’s hard enough taking care of the bare essentials like showering, eating and getting up. So the last thing you want to do is… anything. But there are several ways you can get things done when you’re struggling with...
by creativemgrus | Aug 27, 2012 | Sexuality
Most of us not only understand sexual temptation, but experience it on a regular basis. Agnieszka Tennant says in the article included with this Bible study, “Like it or not, think healthily about it or not, pray against it or not—desire happens.” So what...
by creativemgrus | Aug 25, 2012 | Parenting
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen by Faber and Mazlish How to Really Love Your Child by Campbell The Five Love Languages of Teenagers by Chapman