Category: Change/Transition

Changing the Goal: Transformation within Transition

June 18, 2020 5 Comments

Teary eyes give way to the gleam of expectation as "beautiful feet" cross the threshold between the known and unknown. With the Gospel work firmly implanted in her deepest...

Change/Transition, Moving Overseas

Arriving As a Family

June 16, 2020 5 Comments

You packed your bags. And your kids. Now you’ve arrived to start a whole new way of life. If you find yourself thinking, “Man! Doing this...

Change/Transition, Moving Overseas

I’ll Be Your Big Sister For a Minute

June 11, 2020 10 Comments

You are about to start on a grand adventure, one that will mark you in ways you never could have imagined. I still remember the wide-eyed excitement when I...

Change/Transition, Moving Overseas

5 Reflective Tips on Going + Granola Energy Bites

June 7, 2020 2 Comments

Dear Starry-Eyed Self, You’ve spent the better part of the last year preparing to go to the field. You’ve shared with countless people your dreams to...

Change/Transition

Finding the Grace Givers

February 18, 2020 3 Comments

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...

Change/Transition, Grief/Loss

Displacement

February 6, 2020 1 Comment

Flight. Gunshots. Phone calls. Frantic packing. Hurried goodbyes. Faces taut with fear. Questions without answers. Everything, gone. Arrival. Strange beds....

A New Outlook, Change/Transition, Hope and Joy

When Wandering

February 4, 2020 9 Comments

“Where are we going today, Mom? What are we going to do?” One of my daughters begins almost every morning with this, before I’ve drained my first cup of...

Change/Transition, The Grove

Always Learning {The Grove: Learn}

October 3, 2019 2 Comments

Every year of living overseas keeps revealing more deeply that to live overseas is to be a lifelong learner. What you thought you knew about God, the world, people...