COLLEGE MKs
It's that time of year - Back to School. Of course, my kids hear that phrase several times a day. "Put the puppies back in their pen. Let's get back to school." "Throw the dead rat over the wall, and let's get back to school." But for many missionaries, there are some of our children who are too far away to hear those words from our lips. They have completed their schooling at home and are now in a different country facing the "Back to School" frenzy all alone. These are the MK (missionary kid) college students. Some are very blessed to have their parents able to take them shopping for new clothes and school supplies before dropping them off at their dorm and catching the next flight back to the mission field. But there are so many others facing college alone. I can vividly remember our first child leaving for college. Of all days, it happened on Mother's Day. After church, we hugged Shane, cried, hugged him again, and w...