Although Emily grew up saying she would never live overseas or teach, she now lives in the Dominican Republic with her husband and two little boys and worked as a teacher and literacy coach before becoming a full-time stay-at-home mom. Along with chasing her boys around, she loves music, traveling, and coffee. She loves connecting with other women serving cross-culturally and writes at @millermissions (https://www.instagram.com/millermissions/) and at http://www.millermissions.com/.
One of the biggest blessings of raising support to live and serve overseas is the team of people who come around and alongside our family on this journey....
After more than a decade overseas, building community is still both the biggest struggle and the biggest blessing. I wish someone had given a pep talk to fresh-off-the-plane Emily,...