MKs and TCKs such as myself are very good at lowering our expectations. We don’t expect to live in stability. We don’t expect friendships to last. We don’t expect...
This Week’s Theme: Expectation
“Advent acknowledges shadows and dims them with burgeoning light. So we wait in expectation for the full, radiant, overwhelming light to one day wipe out all darkness forever. This...
Have You Seen? {November 29th, 2020}
Last Week’s Theme: Provision More Will Come by Jenny Erlingsson—"These words brushed against my spirit as I gazed out my bathroom window over three years ago....
When Provision Doesn’t Seem Good
As overseas workers, we understand the desperate, overwhelming need to experience the provision of God. We live our lives in a way that requires his help,...
Waiting With Expectation + Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
We recently changed organizations we serve with on the field. With that switch came the big change of losing my husband’s teaching salary. For the past 9 years, it...
Re-creating Culture {Book Club}
I feel the need to start processing this chapter with a good dose of caution. Living cross-culturally, of course I want to see my host culture following Jesus. But...
More Will Come
“When you go, more will come.” These words brushed against my spirit as I gazed out my bathroom window over three years ago. My posture seemed...
This Week’s Theme: Provision
Support raising in the midst of a pandemic. Rain when everything is dry and barren. Hope when everything feels overwhelming. We cry out to Jehovah Jireh,...
Have You Seen? {November 22nd, 2020}
Last Week’s Theme: Things We Keep How To Actually Practice Advent {Plus an Invitation!} by Danielle Wheeler—"I love Christmas and I...
The Paradox of Advent
Cases are spiking quickly and deaths are mounting in our host country. There are rumors of another lockdown, and I keep wondering how the virus will affect our holidays....
