Come and join Anna as she interviews the Walthours, both Jonathan and his parents, on their transition stories! How was their transition in their family life repatriating back to the States? What lessons did they learn through that process that they brought into the adoption process? How was God present when their family was going through those transitions?

Our previous episode on Family Relationships: https://anchor.fm/tckvof/episodes/1-3-Family-Relationships-ehr0vt

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Music: Fox Tale Waltz Part 1 Instrumental by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7917-fox-tale-waltz-part-1-instrumental

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Today Elizabeth talks to three multigenerational minorities whose families have called the US home for at least three generations now. How have they felt they were culturally not ethnic enough amongst first and second generations? How have they felt they have been seen as different by European multi-generational? What have they learned with faith as their compass about how to live in this "in-between"?

Panelists: Adrian Reyna-Gonzales, Daniel Sasaki, and Michael Wade with Elizabeth Norvell as your interviewer

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Music:

Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Third Culture Adult (TCA) is an adult who has lived outside his passport country but only as an adult. In this episode, Elizabeth interviews three TCAs who specifically went overseas as international students. What was the funniest experience they had due to cross-cultural miscommunication? What was the hardest adjustment they had when first moving to a new culture? What was MOST helpful to them in transitioning into their new culture? How did their faith help them navigate the challenges they face living in their Third Culture Adult culture?

Panelists: Ebbin Daniel, Andrew Walsh, and Hannah Peng with Elizabeth Norvell as your interviewer.

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Music:

Blind Love Dub by Jeris (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/55416 Ft: Kara Square (mindmapthat)

For our podcast, we have been using the Third Culture Kids term for all Cross-Cultural Kids. Is that okay for the experts in the TCK world? What would someone like Ruth Van Reken, the author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds think? Let us get back down to basics to terminologies with Ruth and hear what she has to say about it as well as her hope for the future of the TCK term!

Ruth Van Reken is a second-generation Third Culture Kid* (TCK) and mother of three now-adult TCKs. She is co-author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, 3rd ed., and author of Letters Never Sent, her personal journaling seeking to understand the long-term impact of her cross-cultural childhood. For more than thirty-five years Ruth has traveled extensively speaking about issues related to the impact of global mobility on individuals, families, and societies. Since 2001 she has expanded her interest to work with those she calls Cross-Cultural Kids (CCKs)—children who grow up cross-culturally for any reason. She is co-founder and past chairperson of Families in Global Transition.  In addition to her two books and many articles, she has written a chapter in other books including Strangers at Home, Unrooted Childhoods, and Writing Out of Limbo. She has also co-authored a group study guide on transitions in the Bible called Life in Motion. In 2019 she received an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Wheaton College for her life's work. She now lives in Indianapolis, IN with her husband, David.

*a child who spends a significant period of time during his or her developmental years growing up in a culture outside the parents’ culture.

Learn more about Ruth via her website at: https://www.crossculturalkid.org/who-are-cross-cultural-kids/

BONUS episode: Elizabeth, Jonathan, and Anna sat down together sharing what they thought about doing TCK VOF Season Two. P.S. Be prepared for a style change!

Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3898-ice-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

What are some differences in culture that you navigated with your spouse in parenting and how did you approach them? How did you strive to maintain a close relationship with your kids when you know that they will grow up and leave the house eventually? How has your faith shaped and challenged your understanding of being a parent?

Panelists: Caleb Cook, Marcia Smith, and Yvonne Bridgeman with Elizabeth Norvell as your interviewer.

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Music: goodbye butterfly by Jeris (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/43752 Ft: _ghost, moonchild

What is a cultural misunderstanding you had with your spouse and how did you walk through it? What has helped you understand each other's cultural worlds? Based on your own experience what is some advice would you give someone who is in a relationship or married with a TCK or non-TCK? And, how did your faith help you navigate the cultural challenges of marriage?

Panelists: Jonathan and Purity Walthour, as well as Abbie and Jason Keel with Elizabeth Norvell as your interviewer.

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Check out Abbie Keel share about being asked the question "Where are you from?" from our previous season at https://tckvof.wordpress.com/2020/06/12/1-1-where-are-you-from/

Music: Coffee & Lullabies by Jeris (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/62161 Ft: @CrazyLittleAsian

Jonathan sits down and talks with Steven Black, the host of TCK Care. Steven is getting his master's in clinical psychology and has worked as both a missionary and TCK Care person. Being a TCK himself, he speaks from both experience and education about the effects of the TCK lifestyle on future families. Check out Stevens podcast at https://tckcare.com/ 

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Music: [song name] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What was it like growing up as an International or Transracial Adoptee? Was any element of your ethnic culture emphasized growing up? If so, what did they do? If not, what do you hope they would have done? What advice would you give to someone who is planning to adopt? We continue our conversation about transracial and international adoptees with a different panel.

Panelists: Lauren Burke, Sandhya Oaks, and Will Neusch with Jonathan Walthour as your interviewer.

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Music: Noto no koto by Jeris (c) copyright 2014 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/46035 Ft: robwalkerpoet

What was it like growing up as an International or Transracial Adoptee? How much influence did your blood culture have on your upbringing? How much influence does your adaptive culture have on your life? Come and join our panelists as they talk through their life and experiences growing up as international and transracial adoptees. 

Panelists: Chandran Higgins, John C Hugues, and McKenna Tey with Jonathan Walthour as your interviewer.

Check out John C talk more about this adoptive experience with Jonathan on TCK Tales-https://anchor.fm/t-c-k-tales/episodes/012-My-Identity-is-e2c72l

Check out McKenna Tey share about being asked the question "Where are you from?" from our previous season at https://tckvof.wordpress.com/2020/06/12/1-1-where-are-you-from/

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Music: dazed by Jeris (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/39456 Ft: airtone