The summer 2008 issue of BMM's Advance magazine featured a segment of the missionary population that's sometimes overlooked or misunderstood: Missionary Kids, also known as MKs.
MKs contribute greatly to the building of Christ's church around the world and are valued members of the missionary family. To find out more about them, we gave our entire three-generation MK family the chance to tell about their experiences through a 12-question survey. Click on a question below to read their responses. Click at the bottom for the full articles.:
1. How do you rate your MK experience? (1 is least positive; 10 is most positive)
2. What is your favorite thing about being an MK?
3. What is your least favorite thing about being an MK?
4. Do you/did you help in your parents' ministry? If so, please tell us how.
5. What are some things your parents do to help make your MK experience easier or more enjoyable?
6. What do you wish your parents knew about being an MK?
7. Name something about being an MK that non-MKs usually don't experience.
8. (MKs on foreign fields) What is the first thing you like to do after coming back to North America for furlough?
9. What could churches and/or schools do to make your MK experience more positive?
10. How would you instruct people to wisely pray for MKs?
11. How has God used your MK experience to shape you into the person you are today?
12. What is your funniest or more embarrassing moment as an MK?
Also in the summer issue of Advance magazine:
MK myths debunked
Surviving and thriving—an adult MK's perspective
MK life is good . . . just different—a teen MK's look at life
As for me and my family—raising MKs
Twice rescued—the tragic yet triumphant story of Richard Shaw
A tribute to Dr. C. Raymond Buck, emeritus president of Baptist Mid-Missions
Faithful for fifty—the missionary legacy of Bob and Betty Whatley