For one human being to love another: That is perhaps, the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
Rainer Maria Rilke

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
I John 3:18


Dr. Dale Hawley, my associate at MRN and grad professor at University of Wisconsin-Stout, put together a critical review of the literature on missionary kids and families for MRN sometime in the recent past. This review, along with 100s of other articles will be placed on the MRN website in the near future. I'll inform you when that great article-launching-day arrives.

In a nutshell some of the things Dale found out were that missionary kids do well when they see their dads in a positive light, when they understand and identify with their parents' mission, and when the family practiced the spiritual discipline of prayer within the home. Strong family relationships seem to be the key to healthy adjustment - whether on the field - in transition - or when missionaries return "home." Children need to have deep roots before they can grow wings.