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June 29-July 4, 2025
June 29-July 4, 2025
Waxhaw, NC, at the JAARS Center
Waxhaw, NC, at the JAARS Center
GECO is preparation for educators and caregivers (i.e. teachers, education coordinators, tutors, boarding home parents & youth workers) to work with missionary kids / third culture kids, as well as anyone wanting to find out more about working with MKs. Use your training and experiences with kids and apply it to a new culture context and demographic of students. Activities include worship, class time, interactive activities, simulations, and small groups. Meals allow for added relationship building & discussion times.
Some of the topics covered:
MKs Issues
Cross-cultural Transitions
Worldviews
Personal Care
Spiritual Vitality
"I am loving Mexico and my kids. I miss my family and friends -- which is really the only costly thing for me. I am blessed. I think of you guys at GECO often and how well I think I was prepared. That is still in my top 3 conferences. And it is still probably the one I learned the most from."
Peggy, a teacher in Mexico
Costs, which includes the orientation, room and board are as follows:
$500 per participating adult
$400 per accompanying spouse
child (11-18 years old) TBD
child (0-10 years old) TBD
$200 per commuting participant
Each participant is responsible for handling their own travel to and from JAARS (flying into Charlotte [CLT]).
Listen to how Hannah became interested in teaching and Bible translation.
The orientation starts at 3:00 Sunday afternoon, June 29, and finishes Friday after supper, July 4, so plan to leave/travel on July 5.
A children's program may be provided if both parents are participating or if special circumstances apply.
Questions? Write geco@sil.org.
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