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 […]
How to Fight Being Tired, Frustrated, and Discouraged
Don’t you wish you could find a kindred spirit among the limited amount of expats around you? (Or maybe you just wish there was another expat nearby.) Wouldn’t that make it not so lonely? Are you tired of trying to make your husband fill the role of being your “girlfriend” too? (I mean really how […]
Real Women Doing Real Life in Similar Situations
Connection Group registration for our Fall Session is officially open!! “What is a Connection Group?” you say? And why would you make time in your already busy life for this? Because, dear one, this is for you. It’s not something to add to the long list of important needs you are meeting. This is refreshment poured […]
This Week’s Prompt: Connect
This is it, ladies, the week we launch registration for our fall Connection Groups! I couldn’t be more excited. Because our vision here at Velvet Ashes is to see women living “a full life in the emptiest of places.” We want to be those “well-watered gardens, gurgling springs that never run dry” (Isaiah 58:11 MSG). That’s […]