A Far Green Country

Birth-Childhood:

• Pray that TCKs experience healthy goodbyes as they leave for the field, that they adjust well to their new environment, and that they quickly find new friends and learn the language and culture.
• Pray that expectant mothers enjoy good health and safe deliveries.
• Pray that homeschooled children will learn eagerly and that parents will organize and balance their time and responsibilities well.
• Pray that TCK needs will be met - spiritual, mental, physical, social and emotional.
• Pray that they come to know the Lord at a young age and are discipled well.
• Pray that God empowers TCKs to minister with their parents and discover their own spiritual gifts.
• Pray that the children stay healthy in their adopted country and learn to walk by faith in grace when facing health problems.

Junior/ High School:

• Pray they have learning activities and projects that meet their individual needs.
• Pray that they communicate their fears and feelings related either to leaving for boarding school or homeschooling during high school years.
• Pray that each TCK has a personal, dynamic, growing faith in Jesus.
• Pray that stateside assignments allow them to establish a strong link with American culture, develop long term relationships and create rich memories.
• Pray that they develop and retain a love for the adopted culture. Pray that God motivates them to seriously consider future service on the field.
• Pray that TCKs attending boarding school have good relationships with dorm parents.
• Pray that God equips them to be wise, discerning and spiritually mature young people who are eager to seek counsel from wise Christian adults.
• Pray that their relationships will be pure and healthy.
• Pray that God gives them teachers who model Jesus Christ.
• Pray that parents of boarding students have grace to release their kids, know how to stay in touch in creative and loving ways and truly enjoy the special family times during holiday breaks.
• Pray that as TCKs graduate and leave, they will be blessed with much affirmation and precious memories along with the wisdom of how to stay in touch with close friends and family left behind.

College/Adults:

• Pray that TCKs seek God’s will for their future: which college to attend, which job to pursue, etc. Ask that they will adapt well to their new culture/country, a transition process that takes time.
• Pray for wisdom in the following key areas: finding a church home where they can minister and receive healthy ministry, being single, who and when to marry, what career to pursue, and how to create their own traditions.
• Pray that TCKs develop good study habits and routines during their first year of college and find good Christian friends to influence and affirm them.
• Pray for TCKs facing difficulties in adjustment and those who have dropped out of school to find direction from the Lord. Pray for people who will reach out to them.
• Pray that they quickly learn essential life-skills: financial (living frugally, avoiding debt, balancing a check book, using a debit/credit card), practical (shopping for groceries, laundry) and social (contemporary American culture, topics common to a new place, good boundaries).
• Pray that God gives them a passion to study His Word and to pray regularly.
• Pray that God meets their needs abundantly - transportation, housing, places to store their “stuff” during school vacations and wholesome places to spend vacation days
• Pray that TCKs will have a sense of “home” in the US where many feel like strangers. Many long for a sense of belonging and having a home of their own.
• Pray for TCKs who are in rebellion, practicing self-destructive behaviors and hanging out with the wrong crowd. Some are angry at God for their difficulties. Pray for deliverance and breakthroughs.

"Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe." I Timothy 4:12

- The Pacific Rim