Sojourner Passing Through
Like many others, 2020 jolted me from my host country and tossed me back to my passport country for an undetermined amount of time. The unexpected change after trying desperately to grow roots in my host country felt like a splash of cold water after a deep sleep: unwelcomed and disorienting. I found myself feeling […]
Led Forth in Peace
Near the end of last year, our family accompanied my husband on a ministry trip to participate in two graduations. We traveled miles along dusty murram roads and, as we approached a land decorated with the Labwor Hills (these hills are known as inselbergs meaning “island mountains”), the car was filled with awe. We decided […]
Tethered/Untethered
I close my eyes and try to picture her. She stands at the entrance of the tent. Her gaze, so accustomed to the distant horizon, takes in the landscape of undulating hills and far-off mountains, of infinite shades of earth and olive. Her skin is weathered by the sun and the lines of her face—in […]
If This Life Is a Journey, Where Am I?
When my husband and I first got married, we knew we wanted to go to the field—and that was about all we knew! We were willing and passionate, and we knew that put us into a minority of Christians and that God would honor and use that. We didn’t even do a wedding registry, as […]
This Month’s Theme: Pilgrim
“Where are you going?” It’s a question that echoes through our lives—called out from a neighbor as you walk down the dusty road, murmured to your children as they race out the door, whispered to yourself when you’ve forgotten why you came into a room. But deeper still, it’s a question for the soul. As […]