What Missionaries Ought to Know

Many of the "What Missionaries Ought to Know" and “Stewardship of Self” series are available in a collection as an e-book containing 44 chapters. This is a great way to have the entire series on your computer to refer to as you have the need and opportunity.   

The e-book "What Missionaries Ought to Know" was updated in August 2007 with 3 new chapters.

Coming “Home”: The Reentry Transition

As a part of facilitating their reentry retreats, Ron and Bonnie wrote a brief guide to the process of reentry. You can use this book as a part of debriefing in a group, as an aid when being debriefed by another person, or alone as a part of a self-debriefing

Understanding Adolescence

Since the “Adolescence” brochure is the one opened most frequently, Ron has updated his book, Understanding Adolescence, published by Victor Books in 1987. Written for parents adolescents and children in their later elementary years, it is also helpful to teachers, youth workers and anyone else working with teenagers.

Cultural Creations: Third Culture Kids and Adolescence

Ron wrote a book for TCKs, one to accompany Understanding Adolescence (written for parents). Third Culture Kids are obviously created by living in two cultures, and the whole phenomenon of adolescence was invented by Western culture. This book examines the role of culture in creating adolescent TCKs, and includes a practical section at the end of each chapter, a section titled "What Can Adolescent TCKs Do?"

We’re Going Home: Reentry for Elementary Children

I Don’t Want to Go Home: Parent’s Guide for Reentry for Elementary Children

Ron and Bonnie (an elementary teacher) wrote We’re Going Home (108 pages) for children ages 6-12 who are returning to their passport countries. Written at a third grade level, We’re Going Home includes the story of a family returning to its passport culture. Each chapter also has activities such as scrambled words, crossword puzzles, word searches, mazes, and codes. Ron also wrote I Don’t Want to Go Home (54 pages) as a companion volume for parents. Each chapter in the parent’s book has information about TCKs in the Bible, children’s TCK issues today, and suggestions to help children reenter well. Both books are included in each of the files to be downloaded below.

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