FAQ
At Family Circus Children's Ministries, we've compiled a list of frequently asked questions. If you do not find an answer to your question here, contact us at familycircus@agmd.org.
1. In what country are you a Missionary ?
The Philippines, formerly in Thailand.
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2. What is the Religion there?
Thailand:
Philippines:
- 90% Christian (includes Catholics)
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3. What are BGMC offerings?
They are offerings given toward a missionary fund called the Boys and Girls Missionary Crusade.
And what is the money used for?
Many things like puppets, Gospel videos, clothes, shoe even shine kits to help street kids find work.
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4. Is it easy or hard to reach out to people ?
Easy and fun! ;-)
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5. What is your biggest challenge as a missionary?
To reach all the children who need to know Jesus.
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6. What is the lifestyle like in The Philippines ?
Most of the kids we work with are very poor, some live in the dump and get their food from there. Other children live in the shacks and slums.
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7. What type of food do you eat there ?
We can eat real hot dogs. (Americans only eat fake hot dogs made out of pork, chicken and even beef.) Also we eat lots of rice, pork, chicken and rice. (Joke. You can know you eat a real hot dog if your stomach growls when you are done. ;-)
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8. What language do they speak? Can you speak it?
In Thailand they speak Thai (tie) and yes we can speak Thai. In the Philippines where we lived they spoke Cebuano and we could speak it a
little.
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9. What kind of houses do people live in in The Philippines?
In the slums it is shacks made of scraps of wood, plastic, tin and anything else they could find to keep out of the rain and sun.
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10. How long do kids in The Philippines go to school?
They go until 10th grade.
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11. Are there unique laws in The Philippines?
In Thailand it is legal to drive your motorcycle on the sidewalk. In the Philippines I can't think of any unique laws, except when it comes to driving it is easy to buy your license even if you fail the test. That is not legal but it is easy they say. ;-)
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12. What is the best part of being a Missionary family?
Leading the children to Jesus.
And what is the worst part?
Seeing children starving and dying of preventable diseases.
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13. How many people do you think you've reached out to?
During the past 9 years we've told over 100,000 people about Jesus and in the past four years have prayed with over 10,000 who accepted Jesus into their heart.
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14. What's your biggest prayer request?
We desire God's continued anointing and health. That we may follow whatever Jesus asks us to do no matter how crazy it may seem.
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Received from Brandee M.
15. I am planning to go to the mission field after I finish college. I believe God is calling me to work with children overseas. I'm not sure, however, what type of classes would be useful for me to take now to prepare, or what type of requirements I would have to meet. I would appreciate any advice you could give me. Thank you for your time.
Well, Brandee, here is at least a short list of classes I would advise you to take to help equip you for children's ministries overseas. (Not inclusive)
- Cross Cultural Communications
- Computer basics
- Creative writing-Basic music classes, guitar or keyboard -Puppeting, etc. C.E. classes
- Acting and drama
Feel free to write anytime.
In the King's tender harvest,
Darrell
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16. How is your country different from America?
We only have two seasons. Hot & rainy. That weather can happen at any time.
Also most people here are short, dark skinned and black hair.
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17. What do you usually eat for breakfast?
Usually it would be rice & eggs. Or often I drive our youngest son David to school...(he's 15)...and then I may stop by McDonalds, they finally got here. I can have two pancakes and hash browns and an orange juice at Mc for less than $1!?
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18. What do you enjoy most about living in your country?
I like the clean air, ocean view, I can see the ocean every day and I can also see the Philippines tallest mountain. Mt. Appo. It is a dormant volcano. Some of the mountains in the Philippines are dangerous active volcanoes. Like mount Myown which erupts at least every 10 years. The people and children are neat here to. They are fun to lead to Jesus.
What do you like least about living in your country?
The cockroaches, termites and dangerous cobras, which are frequently found in unsuspecting spots.
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19. What's your favorite game? snack? book?
A fun game my sons and I like is Rook, and StarCraft. I like Cheetos, and we like Oreos, and especially Rice Krispy bars but are hard to come by. Books we like. Both fun reading and even sometimes westerns, and Sci-Fi.
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20. How does your family go about telling the people in your country about the good news of Jesus?
Our family has the Family Circus. We use a Circus truck with a built in stage and PA system to go out on the streets, to the schools, slums, smoky mountain dump sites, schools and churches to tell the kids about Jesus.
And how do you help?
I am Uncle Darrell. I write the stories and lessons that we use to teach on the streets. Now churches in 30+ countries are using the 5 books (manuals) we have written for children's lessons.
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21. We'd like to pray for you. What can we pray about?
Pray that God would help us to find more and more fun ways to teach kids about Jesus. And that he will help us to encourage other churches to not only teach about Jesus in the church but to also reach out to the un-churched kids.
You can also pray that we will be protected from the cobras, vipers, rabid dogs, guerrilla's and war that is ongoing on our island. Good health is also a prayer. Also pray that we will have extra money to feed the hungry children of the streets. That is something that goes good when we teach them about Jesus.
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