Thoughts on Citizenship from Around the World
Hey friends, today we have a treat for you! We asked the Have You Seen team and the Facebook team to share their thoughts on this prompt: “What _______ taught...
Category: Life Overseas
“What’s Mac-and-Cheese?” Finding Belonging as an Expat Family
It was a bright, clear(ish) China morning and I was watching my girls do the morning activities at their preschool. I joined the parents at the gate in watching a...
Aliens and Strangers
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going....
Forever and Always Foreign
After five years of making my home in southeast Asia, you would think people would stop looking at me like I have little green blobs growing out of my head....
Returning Home
They say, “You can’t go home again.” I don’t honestly know who they are, but I think I’m learning it’s true. I have been...
My Unglamorous Overseas Life
I used to want a glamorous life, the kind that would attract attention and applause. I was the shy, unseen girl for most of my life,...
Don’t Neglect Your Vessel
There are seasons in life where it seems like we are neglecting every possible thing that can be neglected. Eating, showering, doing laundry, and getting a few hours of sleep...
Oh, the Places He’ll Take You {The Grove: Travel}
My first international flight was at the age of 19. To Israel. Solo. For some reason, this seemed perfectly reasonable and not as alarming as it should’ve...
When Traveling is Turbulent
It was four in the morning and beads of sweat were already dripping down my forehead. I had carried my two fifty pound bags down five flights of stairs, my...
How Ethnocentrism is Lost in the Wanderer’s Heart
ethnocentrismˌ ɛθnə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/ noun evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture. Feelings on race relations...
