Children's Corner

A true account from WIN Ministries

Have you ever met a missionary kid (MK)? They may live in a different country and probably try foods you might think are strange (like fried grasshoppers and cow brains) Their school may be different than yours. Their friends may look and dress a lot different than you do. They may even know how to speak a foreign language.

Deep down inside, though, MKs are just like you. Good things happen to them and bad things happen, too. They have to trust God just as you do.

One family with WIN Ministries has four kids. These MKs climb trees, play soccer, play dress up, and hang out with their friends. Two of their African friends are a brother and sister named Robert and Oliver who live near the missionaries' house. Oliver is a girl-her name is pronounced O-li-va. Robert and Oliver's dad died a long time ago. Their mom, Mary, worked for the missionaries. Her smile was big and bright. Mary loved her kids and the MKs, and they loved her, too.

Then Mary started to get sick. She got sicker and sicker. Tests showed she had AIDS. That is a terrible disease that many people in Africa get. So far there is no cure for it.

Mary wanted to go back to her home village. The MKs had to say "goodbye" to Robert and Oliver. In a few weeks, Mary died. The MKs were sad but they remembered Mary had believed in Jesus. She is in heaven now. She can smile again, and best of all, she is with Jesus.

Robert and Oliver live far away now. Since they are orphans, they could not afford to go to school. But WIN missionaries are paying so that they-and many other orphans-can go to school.

Missionary kids see things that are sad, but they also see wonderful things like people believing in Jesus. God wants all His children to show His love to others no matter what country they live in. That includes not just missionaries, but missionary kids as well. And that includes YOU.

You know you're a missionary kid when…

You think fish tastes better raw than cooked.
Eating spaghetti with chopsticks is easier than using a knife and fork.
You're the only person you know who has ridden on the TOP of a bus.
The only time your mom lets you go barefoot is in church.
You hear a Christian song that you know better in a foreign language than in English.
You decide at age six that when you grow up, you want to be a missionary where nobody knows the gospel.