by creativemgrus | Jan 31, 2014 | Depression
Clinical depression is a difficult disorder for many individuals to understand. The following links are provided to helps individuals with depression or those who care for them to begin getting a grasp on understanding it: What is depression? (a link to a short...
by creativemgrus | Sep 23, 2013 | Trauma, Tumaini Articles
How to Help after a Trauma By Dr. Gisela Roth In our last editions we looked at the effects of single event trauma, chronic trauma and developmental trauma. Today we will look at helpful interventions after a trauma. We can distinguish 4 stages of post trauma...
by creativemgrus | Sep 23, 2013 | Trauma, Tumaini Articles
Chronic and Developmental Trauma By Dr. Gisela Roth In our last edition we looked at the effects of single event trauma. What happens when trauma is ongoing, such as in extended war situation, ongoing exposure to civil strife, persecution for being a Christian,...
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...
