{"id":36770,"date":"2024-09-12T14:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T19:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/?p=36770"},"modified":"2024-09-18T11:33:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T16:33:35","slug":"pray-for-our-missionary-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray For Our Missionary Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Spiritual Growth and Discipleship<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>for a real, growing faith that is their own love and trust in Jesus in difficult times<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Relationships with Others<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>honest, loving relationship with parents close friendships with siblings good friends both locally and abroad<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Language and Culture Acquisition<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>assimilation and acceptance understanding of others appreciation for their unique experiences<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Daily Life in their Host Country<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>schooling and education times of fun and relaxation good balance between family and ministry<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Safety<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>protection from disease safety in travel; political stability<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Family in the U.S.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>maintaining good relationships with extended family<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Times of Transition &amp; Goodbyes<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>handling the grief of loss and goodbyes well saying \u201cgood\u201d goodbyes adapting well to new environments<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Spiritual Growth and Discipleship<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>for a real, growing faith that is their own love and trust in Jesus in difficult times<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Relationships with Others<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>honest, loving relationship with parents close friendships with siblings good friends both locally and abroad<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Language and Culture Acquisition<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>assimilation and acceptance understanding of others appreciation for their unique experiences<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Daily Life in their Host Country<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>schooling and education times of fun and relaxation good balance between family and ministry<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Safety<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>protection from disease safety in travel; political stability<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Family in the U.S.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>maintaining good relationships with extended family<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]<strong>Times of Transition &amp; Goodbyes<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>handling the grief of loss and goodbyes well saying \u201cgood\u201d goodbyes adapting well to new environments<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;landing-text-btn&#8221;]<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PRAY-for-our-MKs-bulletin-insert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]Spiritual Growth and Discipleship for a real, growing faith that is their own love and trust in Jesus in difficult times[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]Relationships with Others honest, loving &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"Pray For Our Missionary Kids","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[832],"class_list":["post-36770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journals","tag-mk-resources"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pray For Our Missionary Kids | International Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pray For Our Missionary Kids | International Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]Spiritual Growth and Discipleship for a real, growing faith that is their own love and trust in Jesus in difficult times[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]Relationships with Others honest, loving ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"International Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InternationalMinistries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-12T19:45:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-18T16:33:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Debby Witmer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@InterNatMin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InterNatMin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Debby Witmer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Debby Witmer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4e1998744944d04b0c05f866044cbb0c\"},\"headline\":\"Pray For Our Missionary Kids\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-12T19:45:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-18T16:33:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":404,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"MK Resources\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Journals\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pray For Our Missionary Kids | International Ministries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-12T19:45:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-18T16:33:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pray For Our Missionary Kids\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"International Ministries\",\"description\":\"Faith. Service. Community.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"International Ministries\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/IM_logo_2000px.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/IM_logo_2000px.png\",\"width\":2001,\"height\":721,\"caption\":\"International Ministries\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/InternationalMinistries\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/InterNatMin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/internatmin\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/international-ministries\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/IntlMinistries\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4e1998744944d04b0c05f866044cbb0c\",\"name\":\"Debby Witmer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Witmer_80.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Witmer_80.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Witmer_80.png\",\"caption\":\"Debby Witmer\"},\"description\":\"DEBBY serves as IM\u2019s Global Coordinator for MK (Missionary Kid) and Family Care, overseeing IM\u2019s initiatives to support missionary kids emotionally, spiritually, and physically by nurturing growth in their relationships with God, themselves, their family, their church, culture, peers, IM, and others. She aims to come alongside global servant parents in a supportive, encouraging, and equipping way and be to the MKs an additional caring adult to assist in building healthy individuals and families. KYLE serves the Thai Karen Baptist Convention (TKBC) Siloam Bible Institute in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he works in pastoral education and leadership development. Young people from the Karen ethnic group attend the school with the goal of following the call of God on their lives to be pastors and evangelists among the Karen villages in the hills of Thailand. Kyle is also involved in continuing education with TKBC pastors and evangelists.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/internationalministries.org\\\/author\\\/debby-witmer\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pray For Our Missionary Kids | International Ministries","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pray For Our Missionary Kids | International Ministries","og_description":"[vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]Spiritual Growth and Discipleship for a real, growing faith that is their own love and trust in Jesus in difficult times[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;single-mk-post-text&#8221;]Relationships with Others honest, loving ...","og_url":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/","og_site_name":"International Ministries","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InternationalMinistries\/","article_published_time":"2024-09-12T19:45:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-18T16:33:35+00:00","author":"Debby Witmer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@InterNatMin","twitter_site":"@InterNatMin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Debby Witmer","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/"},"author":{"name":"Debby Witmer","@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4e1998744944d04b0c05f866044cbb0c"},"headline":"Pray For Our Missionary Kids","datePublished":"2024-09-12T19:45:50+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-18T16:33:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/"},"wordCount":404,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["MK Resources"],"articleSection":["Journals"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/","url":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/","name":"Pray For Our Missionary Kids | International Ministries","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-09-12T19:45:50+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-18T16:33:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/pray-for-our-missionary-kids\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pray For Our Missionary Kids"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/","name":"International Ministries","description":"Faith. Service. Community.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/#organization","name":"International Ministries","url":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IM_logo_2000px.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IM_logo_2000px.png","width":2001,"height":721,"caption":"International Ministries"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InternationalMinistries\/","https:\/\/x.com\/InterNatMin","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/internatmin\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/international-ministries\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/IntlMinistries"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4e1998744944d04b0c05f866044cbb0c","name":"Debby Witmer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Witmer_80.png","url":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Witmer_80.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Witmer_80.png","caption":"Debby Witmer"},"description":"DEBBY serves as IM\u2019s Global Coordinator for MK (Missionary Kid) and Family Care, overseeing IM\u2019s initiatives to support missionary kids emotionally, spiritually, and physically by nurturing growth in their relationships with God, themselves, their family, their church, culture, peers, IM, and others. She aims to come alongside global servant parents in a supportive, encouraging, and equipping way and be to the MKs an additional caring adult to assist in building healthy individuals and families. KYLE serves the Thai Karen Baptist Convention (TKBC) Siloam Bible Institute in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he works in pastoral education and leadership development. Young people from the Karen ethnic group attend the school with the goal of following the call of God on their lives to be pastors and evangelists among the Karen villages in the hills of Thailand. Kyle is also involved in continuing education with TKBC pastors and evangelists.","url":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/author\/debby-witmer\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalministries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}