“I just want someone I feel safe with.” With every cross-cultural move I have found myself thinking this, saying this, praying for this....
Finding the Grace Givers
A few months into our time back in the States, I chatted with an older gentleman about our move. When I told him about our son, he asked with...
Danger {Book Club}
My generation of Americans are labeled as “the most risk averse generation since the Great Depression” (source). The source article is focusing on financial risk, but we are risk...
Let’s Talk About Stress, Baby
When I think about stress I think about an evening in Mongolia when I was sixteen. A summer team was visiting and it was my responsibility to flag down...
This Week’s Theme: Safety
Psalm 4:8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O LORD, will keep me safe. That peaceful slumber is not a given, is it?...
Have You Seen? {February 16th, 2020}
Last Week’s Theme: Burnout Burnout Came For Me by Emily Jackson—"Another factor was that we thought we were doing a decent job of preventing burnout....
A Slow Burn
Like many of you, my story-- my overseas story-- is full of complicated layers of stress, hope, survival, endurance, and resolve. There are highs and lows. We get tired,...
There’s Hope After Burnout
“I feel like I have nothing to give.” I’ve scribbled these words in my journal in more than one season. The...
Right, Wrong or Different? {Book Club}
“It’s not right or wrong; it’s just different.” My first year overseas, I lived on a ship with an international crew. We visited many countries, but...
Burnout Came For Me
Burnout came for me about six years into living overseas. It grabbed me without any warning. Sure, we’d had family stresses, team changes, moves, a medical evacuation, changes in...
