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PHYSICAL HEALTH

Links: WEBMD for helpful guidance regarding your health. You can look up things like rashes, pharmaceuticals, 
          pregnancy help, and infections.
          Resources on Health & Disease in Africa provides links from Ebola to Guinea-worm to Malaria.
          World Health Organization for current news on worldwide health issues.
          A Layman's Guide to Clean Water  
          Feeding Children Everywhere has a recipe for success that provides hungry children with a healthy meal and 
          costs $1 for 4 meals.

Health Insurance:
          Good Neighbor Insurance offers international health insurance for missionaries with 30 years of 
          experience.          

Books: Dr. Koop's Self-Care Advisor, by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. 
          What To Do When Your Child Gets Sick, by Gloria G. Mayer, R.N. and Ann Kuklierus, R.N.

emotional health

Links: MKSafety Net is a vitally important website for missionary kids (MKs) and third-culture kids (TCKs) who have 
         experienced abuse from those claiming to be Christians. Their focus is advocacy, healing, and guidelines for 
         Christian organizations to prevent abuse by their leaders.
         Narramore Christian Foundation (NCF) provides counseling to missionaries and/or their children.
         You Know Your A Missionary Kid If...is a "closed" FaceBook page which is exclusively for MKs to connect and
         share their experiences.
         Communicating Across Boundaries of faith and culture for TCKs, or Third Culture Kids. "There are others out              there just like me. That might worry those who know me...but for me, it's a comforting reality that brings me              joy!"
         Rocky Re-entry - Start with the article: 8 Things I wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Moved Back After Living          Overseas.

Books: A Way of Hope, by Leslie J. Barner. Seven steps toward breaking the cycle of violence in women's abuse.
          Personality Plus, by Florence Littauer. Tells about 4 basic personality types and helps in understanding 
          weaknesses and strengths in these personality types.

Marriage and family health

Links: Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage, Mark Gungor. Laughter is the anesthetic while Mark Gungor helps
         improve the health of your relationship.
         Family Life, a web link that provides articles, seminars, and questions answered.
         Velvet Ashes brings hope and encouragement to women in ministry overseas, whether single or married.

Books: Ordering Your Private World, by Gordon MacDonald. Essential for organizing your spiritual and practical life.
          30 Days to Taming Your Tongue, by Deborah Smith Pegues.
          52 Things Wives Need from their Husbands, Jay Payleitner and Angela Thomas. 
          Be a Man!, by Gary Mortara. 
          The Language of Love, by Gary Smalley & John Trent Ph.D. Describes a wonderful tool in a form of 
          communication that Jesus used. Essential help when trying to communicate with spouses, children, colleagues, 
          and managers who just don't "get it".
          For Women Only, Shaunti & Jeff Feldhahn. A study done with both Christian and non-Christian men and  
          women. Provides practical insight into the opposite sex.
          For Men Only, Shaunti & Jeff Feldhahn. A study done with both Christian and non-Christian men and  
          women. Provides practical insight into the opposite sex. Proof is that they provide a "cheat sheet" attached to
          the inside cover for the men's edition!
          Personality Plus, by Florence Littauer. Tells about 4 basic personality types and helps in understanding 
          weaknesses and strengths in these personality types.
          Fight Fair!, by Tim & Joy Downs. Winning at conflict without losing at love.
          Stepping Up, by Dennis Rainey. Manhood takes courageous choices and determines our tomorrows.
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