A Letter Welcoming You (Back or For the First Time) {The Grove: Welcome to the Field}
Dear friend, You’re back in your host country. Welcome back! Or maybe you’ve just arrived for the first time. In that case, you are so...
Category: Moving Overseas
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No Matter What, He is Faithful
Six and a half years ago, two wide-eyed girls arrived in Cambodia, full of hopes and dreams and two suitcases apiece. The humidity hit full blast as soon as...
Just Before the Sunrise
My husband and I have been living through the first stages of metamorphosis as we prepare to uproot our life and move to Japan. Most...
An Opportunity to Teach Overseas
As a member of the Velvet Ashes community, we’re going to guess that being abroad is a significant part of your life (or one day will be). Maybe you’re...
The Faithful Who Stay {The Grove: Parents}
I was one of the lucky ones, one of those who had parents who prayed for me and always prayed the will of God over me. When I left in...
Two Little Words
Think with me for a moment on the power of two small words. I do forges a lifelong commitment. Forgive me can turn enemies to friends. So long can potentially...
Live Your Change Inside The Unchanging One
I moved cross-culturally for the first time 16 years ago. I was terrified. I had never been to the university I was going to go to; I had never even...
Remembering Specific Provision
When my husband and I first signed up to go to China, we were unsure about support raising. We didn’t have a clue where to start and many days we...
Welcome to Team! Again . . .
After spending four years huddled in close quarters with small, close-knit teams on the twentieth floor of a concrete apartment block on a college campus in one of the largest...
Five Ways to Succeed on a Team Overseas
Growing up when I heard of overseas workers, they were the greatest adventurers I had ever heard of. I heard of people getting on ships and later...
