To my own missionary family:
John, Marcus, Tammy, Danny and David
-- Thank you for all the wonderful memories we share.

And to Diane, Hannah and Hadassah:
-- Thank you for sharing a new mission with Marcus.

And to Lewis:
-- Thank you for sharing your love for missions with Tammy.

"The LORD bless you, and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine on you,
And be gracious to you;
The LORD lift up His countenance on you,
And give you peace" (Numbers 6:24-26)


Acknowledgements

Special thanks are due Dr. Rasco, not only for chairing my thesis committee, but also for helping me in so many ways to earn a degree in Family Studies without having to sacrifice my own family in the process. I would like to thank Mr. Wages for the classes we shared as well as the long hours he spent working on my committee when he was busy on his own dissertation. Thanks also go to Dr. Sonny Guild for freely giving his time to help make this project on missionary families both helpful and realistic. Special assistance was contributed by Dr. Carley Dodd in processing and interpreting the results. Special assistance was also contributed by Daniel Reese in writing a computer program for this project. Missionaries working with World Bible School, Missions Resource Network, and Harding University are also to be thanked for all the assistance they rendered in making this research a reality. I would also like to thank Dr. Nick and Nancy Stinnett, Joe and Alice Beam and Howard Publishing for permission to use their Family Strengths Inventory.