Sn. 4|Ep. 10: Growing in Wisdom and Faith (with Malachi Smith)
On this episode, we talk with TCK to Honduras, Malachi Smith.
Join our conversation as we talk about the unique perspective gained growing up as a TCK, the importance of the types of friendships you pursue, and growing in personal faith and Godly wisdom. You’ll hear Malachi share from his own experiences of what the Lord taught him through his years growing up on the mission field. Make sure to listen to the end as Malachi shares what God has been teaching him this year. It’s practical and it’s foundational to growing in your faith.
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HOST: John Michael Caldwell
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SHOW NOTES:
34:16 | John 16:33 - “‘I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.’”
34:45 | Job 28:28 - “And he said to the human race, ‘The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding’.”
KEY QUOTES:
5:35 | “I just made the determination in my head that I'm not [going to] have another shot at this necessarily. And it's not an experience that everybody gets and so I'm going to just try to make the most of it.”
10:29 | “…if you let it, I think it really expands your perspective on the global church as well.”
11:03 | “It's something that when working with different people groups from around the world, it just gives you a step into their life that maybe not everybody else would have.”
17:40 | “You're not alone. You're genuinely not. The Lord is with you every second and everywhere you go. And if you let Him, He will place people in your lives that you can rely on and that you can go to and that you can confide in.”
18:26 | “If you're not surrounding yourself with the right kind of people, you can't possibly expect to grow closer to the Lord if your friends are growing farther.”
22:11 | “If I were to go back and do things differently, I would not have wasted those first few events or opportunities to connect with kids my age and kids that were going through similar things that I was.”
23:04 | “Do your best to connect, and everybody else around you is doing the same thing.”
30:15 | “I have to make my own walk with the Lord, and my walk with the Lord can't be based on my parents' ministry or what my parents are doing. My walk with the Lord is my personal walk.”
30:55 | “My serving the kingdom is no longer being on the field. It's, ‘how can I serve the church here? How can I serve the U.S. church?’”
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COMMON TERMS:
TCK - third culture kid
MK - missionary kid
LAC - Latin America Caribbean