Families in Transition

Here in the M.K. Care and Education department there have been a number of things that we have started to implement into the training program.  One thing I personally have been working on is putting a few family fun nights together for our students who will be graduating.  These evenings are for families of preschool and school age children.  When families go to the mission field, it does not only affect the parents but the children as well.  It is a HUGE transition for the whole family.  So through these family fun nights we try to, in a fun way, address some of the things that children face when heading to another country.  Monday night was our first family fun night.  I had five different stations set up for the families to go through.  It was a very interactive time as parents and their children talked about the country they are planning on moving to, while doing some fun activities together.  I had a lot of fun planning the evening and it was neat to see how everything came together.  In about 11 days we will have another family fun evening.  This next time it will be enjoying a meal from the country they will be moving too.  Please be praying for these three families and their dear children as there will be many adjustments for them in the months ahead.