You Know You're A Missionary Kid When...

BonnieBellez has lived all over the place ...but where is she from? —Sparkitors

There have been a lot of "You Know You're From... When" posts, and "You Know You're A..." posts. But there has been a void in a very important area! So I decided to fill it. For those of you who don't know, MK stands for Missionary Kid. I've lived in the U.S., Jamaica, and Honduras, so I think I have enough experience to represent us MKs. You know you're an MK when...

• You have a passport but no driver's license.
• 011 is a familiar area code.
• The US is a foreign country.
• You speak two languages but can't spell in either.
• You embarrass yourself by asking what swear words mean.
• Your life story uses the phrase “And then we went to...” at least five times.
• You speak with authority on the quality of airline travel.
• You live at school, work in the tropics, and go home for vacation.
• You sort your friends by country.
• You've spoken in dozens of churches, but aren't a pastor.
• You get confused because the dollar bills in America aren't color coded.
• You feel odd being in the ethnic majority.
• You feel like you need to move after living somewhere for 2 years.
• Riots make you homesick.
• Going to public school scares you more than flying by yourself.
• You go to a church you've never been to and find your picture on the bulletin board.
• You think “bimbo” is a brand of bread.
• You can convert the dollar to whatever currency faster than most people can tell other people where they're from.
• You say “y'all” and “mum” naturally, and sometimes speak with a British, Canadian, Caribbean, Spanish, or Southern accent—depending on who you're talking to.
• You go to fast food restaurants on furlough, because they don’t have them within a 100 mile radius of your house.
• You can’t remember how many times you have been in an airplane.
• The airport feels like home, and when you don’t fly for 6 months you get "airport-sick."
• You go to the mall with friends to buy a pair of jeans, and pass out when you see the prices.
• You think you can get anything if you smile, wink and hand someone a $5.
• You don’t trust the police as they might be in on it, whatever "it" is.

Does being an MK sound fun to YOU?

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