MISSIONARY CARE RESOURCES
Before You Go
Resources for preparation, expectations, relationships, and building sustainable rhythms before a cross-cultural transition.
Prepare for a sustainable beginning.
Preparation is not about eliminating uncertainty. It is about building the support, language, and rhythms that help people enter a new season with greater clarity and care.
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Questions that help you care well from a distance
A short guide for sending teams, churches, and friends who want to offer consistent, meaningful support before someone leaves and while they are away.
Further reading & trusted partners
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TCK Training: free Expat Family Connection Kit — family activities for identity, emotion processing, and connection.
TCK Care & Education: transitions — includes the practical RAFT transition framework.
Raising Resilient MKs — free PDF on helping children express and process transition.
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Global Connections: Member Care Guidelines — a strong resource for building a care framework.
Global Member Care Network — training, global connections, and member-care foundations.
Missionary Care: expectations, change, attrition, and support resources — broad, free topic library.
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TCK Training’s book library — including The Practice of Processing and Raising Up a Generation of Healthy Third Culture Kids.
TCKs of Asia recommended resources — includes TCK and cross-cultural-living book recommendations.