This is a picture of the kids and I right before we left for Tanzania at the beginning of this term in 2009. They've changed alot!
It will be two months shy of three years that we have been on the field this term. And, we have 20 days until we fly back "home" to America. Of course, for Jonathan, he has spent most of his life here so it won't really feel like home him. Katrina has spent half her life in Africa and Heather has spent all but one of her birthdays here. So, what is "home"?
Katrina has been thinking about this as well. She asked me, "Is home where you grow up? Or where your parents grew up?" That is a good question. What is home? Where you are currently living? Where your parents are or you grew up? Where you went to school? For many MK's and TCK's (Missionary kids and third culture kids), the answer to all of these questions are in different places, usually different countries. And, it's one of the questions that MK's most dread. I know because my husband is an adult MK and he still hates that question..."So, where are you from?"..... I'll get back to you on that....
Katrina has been thinking about this as well. She asked me, "Is home where you grow up? Or where your parents grew up?" That is a good question. What is home? Where you are currently living? Where your parents are or you grew up? Where you went to school? For many MK's and TCK's (Missionary kids and third culture kids), the answer to all of these questions are in different places, usually different countries. And, it's one of the questions that MK's most dread. I know because my husband is an adult MK and he still hates that question..."So, where are you from?"..... I'll get back to you on that....
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