Conflicted

Conflicted

By Katie G.

Conflicted Canvas and Acrylic Paint

This piece is a visual representation of the TCK heart being torn between countries. In my case it’s the United States and Peru. As a TCK I never really feel like I belong to a single place. When I visit the US I feel out of place and a little isolated from the people around me. People I grew up around in the States, friends and my church family, know who I am, but they don’t know me. They don’t know me because they can’t understand my experiences or my life. In Peru I feel more in my element, more at home. Even though Peru is more my home than the US I still feel out of place sometimes. My heart is torn; my heart is in conflict with itself.

Katie G. was ten years old when she and her family first moved to a new country. She lived in Costa Rica in 2013, and in 2014 she moved to Peru and has been living there ever since. She helps her parents with children’s programs, providing food and Bible lessons, and she participates in a Bible study for Venezuelan refugees which takes place in her home.

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