I remember when I first heard this Term TCK (Third Culture Kid). I was going to an International American School in Shanghai, China. I moved from the Philippines when I was 11 and I barely spoke English. I ignored the term because I thought I had the general idea. I was more worried about fitting in and looking cool (I still do that till today… lol)
I was going to an International school, so there were other kids that were in the same boat as me, so the discussion of being a third culture child was not really a special thing. It was easy for us to get along because, though we were all culturally different, we knew the general struggle of having to adapt to another culture. There was a mutual respect, a community, an understanding.
It wasn’t until I moved here in the U.S and started going to a public High School that I realized I was so different. I always found myself telling people my life story when they ask me “where are you from?” I never knew the quick answer. I didn’t have a sense of identity.
Recently, God has placed in my heart to look more into being a TCK. The life that He has gifted me with. Though I had many struggles in my life, I never really understood them until I met Jesus, So I never talked about it, because I literally could not put it in words in a way that people who didn’t share my experience would understand.
I found this video and this guy pretty much nailed it. This video will lay down the foundation for the topics that are to come, and why I believe God lead me to the World Race.
There is going to be a follow up Vlog later on, letting you know my own personal experience as a Third Culture Kid, and how Jesus put all things together in God’s perspective, a coherent story that reveals His majesty, and how through all our struggles, no matter what it is, it was His design, and He was with us all along!!
