After seven years in Papua New Guinea, Krista is transitioning back to a US-based assignment. She helps track the resources used for Bible translation and is bilingual in accounting and normal English. When not playing with Excel, she writes poetry, loses Dominion to her friends and works on developing locally applicable “adulting” skills.
Early in the orientation course in Papua New Guinea, we learned a polite way to refuse food offered to us. “My mama didn’t teach me how to eat that.” Considering...
I hit the field with all the enthusiasm of a young career cross-cultural worker landing in an office desperate for reinforcements. My role was a good fit, and I immediately...
A single coworker once commented on the bizarre frequency with which “single” is used as an identifying characteristic for those serving abroad. It’s true. Did you even blink when I...