Connection Group: 10 FAQs
Since registration is right around the corner, here are some of the most common questions about Connection Groups. If you want more information about Connection Groups, you can find that here. What are Connection Groups? Connection Groups are online small groups for women living cross-culturally. Unlike talking to friends back home where you have to […]
Connecting When You Think You Might Not {The Grove: Community}
Connection Groups registration will end soon. We have about 40 openings left and don’t want you to miss out on the opportunity to be in a more intimate community with others. You can choose from Skype, Facebook, Facebook Live Chat, and Writing groups, you can find one that is just right for you. While many are […]
Expectations When Connecting
Connection Groups registration is now OPEN! Looking to meet and interact with other women? Now is your chance, with Skype , Facebook, Facebook Live Chat, and Writing groups, you can find one that is just right for you. While many are for “anyone on the field,” there are also groups for moms with adopted children, […]
Connecting Through Pain
This post has my name on it because a blog post isn’t able to list multiple authors. But as you will see, this truly was a group effort. /// I wanted to be part of a Velvet Ashes Connection Group, but not THAT one. Registration had opened a couple of days before, and the only […]
Permission to Connect
Connection. We all long for it. To know. To be known. To understand. To be understood. In times of transition sometimes it is hard to find connections. My family moved overseas for the first time at the end of August to France to learn French. While our kids navigate public middle and high school in […]
Connection Group: 10 FAQs
Since registration is right around the corner, here are some of the most common questions about Connection Groups. If you want more information about Connection Groups, you can find that here. What are Connection Groups? Connection Groups are online small groups for women living cross-culturally. Unlike talking to friends back home where you have to […]
Connection is Not About Me
School has been back in session for a few weeks now and last evening we had our open house. Parents and students came to meet the teachers and staff for this school year. I was able to walk around as students were proudly showing their parents where they sit in the classroom. They pointed out […]
In Search of Someone Who “Gets it”
Connection Groups are now open! Register here. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just […]
An Oasis of Connection
Near the end of 2016, God very suddenly and unexpectedly moved my dear fellow worker and housemate on to a new assignment. To this girl who thrives on communication and processes life best by talking about it, living alone overseas came as a very unwelcome gift. In fact, I didn’t think I could handle it. […]
What You Need to Know About Connection Groups
Connection Groups are just around the corner and many of you have been around this community long enough to have a solid understanding of what these groups are. We are also happy many of you are new arrivals. You possibly don’t know what we are talking about or what to expect. If this is your […]
5 Lessons I’ve Learned From Connection Groups
When I returned to my passport country after 16 years overseas, I knew it probably wouldn’t be plain sailing. I thought I was prepared for that. After all, I’d read books about re-entry, been to seminars – even taught about it and walked through it with other people! I should have been good at this […]
The Commitment to Make When You’re Maxed Out on Commitments
2015 was a tough year for me. After a glorious Home Ministry Assignment the previous year celebrating our son’s graduation from college and recent engagement, I had a hard time returning to THE FIELD. During our time in the US, we felt the love and support of so many people, that I struggled with going […]