Stop It!
When we sold our house before leaving for Indonesia, my husband had to patch up holes in the walls. Holes that I had made with my fist, a Sippy...
Category: Pain and Trials
Dancing in the Darkness {The Grove: Dance}
A year ago I found myself in a deep well. This well was so deep I couldn’t see the sky. Even if I could have seen it, I wouldn’t...
Hope for the Rootless Days
My heart has always been rooted in rich Nebraska soil. As a kid, my imagination transported me around the world and back again, but my feet never wandered farther...
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...
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When the Road is Rocky: A Resource
Today we get to hear from Curtis, the executive director of Godspeed Resource Center (GRC). We hope you will find the information about this valuable resource helpful!...
The Burden of Baggage {The Grove: Baggage}
I imagine we all have an unhealthy knowledge of baggage limits. I bet many of you can feel when a bag has reached its fifty-pound limit without having to...
A Season for Marriage
There is a season for everything… Ecclesiastes 3 was one of my favorite Scriptures to completely blow out of proportion as I unintentionally put my marriage...
Questions From a Single Nomad
My left ring finger is empty. It’s not bare: a freckle marks the spot where a ring might sit. But nothing winds around it as a reminder of a...
Hold Fast to Hope
As a kid there was this boy in town that we called Baltha Dorch. Baltha means "stupid" and it was easy to tell that he had some mental difficulties....
The Guilt of Leaving
At age 21, I moved from Michigan to Cape Town, South Africa, for what I thought would be five months abroad. About two months into my stay, I...
