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You Know You’re A Missionary Kid When…

• …people ask where you are from, and you hesitate.
• …you are used to seeing 17 people in a VW bug.
• …you don’t understand the jokes people tell.
• …it takes over a year to receive an Easter box with candy in it, and you still eat the candy! Even if some of it has a strange flavor similar to that of the lotion which was also in the box.
• …people ask you if you are happy to be “home” and your answer is “I guess?”
• …you think in two languages at the same time.
• …you miss the sound of raindrops on a metal roof.
• …you worry that saying something in English will cause the price of an object to inflate ridiculously.
• …people have asked you stupid questions like, “Do you go to school on elephants?”
• …you’re in college and you haven’t seen your parents in years because they are still on the field.
• …you see the embarrassing prayer card picture from like 8 years ago hanging on someone’s refrigerator.
• …you can fit a tractor trailer load of luggage in a minivan.
• …you have two passports (from different countries).
• …you feel terribly guilty throwing away Zip-lock bags.
• …the only people who think you’re normal are other MK’s.
• …you’re staying at different people’s houses every weekend on furlough.
• …you sit down and cry in the American supermarket because there are too many choices.
• …toilet paper goes in the trash so the pipes don’t clog.
• …you think American grocery stores have a certain “American smell” to them.
• …you can’t stand people saying, “Welcome to the ‘real’ world.”
• …you thought Grandma’s house was the lap of luxury when you were growing up.
• …you were dressed about 10 years behind the times when back in the U.S. on furlough.
• …you feel happy thinking about airports.
• …you have trouble feeling comfortable in any American churches.
• …you LOVE meeting people from your home country when in America.
• …you can’t spend money on yourself.
• …you look like you belong here but don’t truly feel at home.
• …you think the real mission field is America.

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