Listen in and Let’s Talk
If you followed #VAeditorsretreat on Instagram, then you know that the four of us Velvet Ashes editors had an amazing time together last weekend. We went into the weekend feeling like it was an extravagant gift for us to be together. And it was. But we came to realize that this kind of in-person time and planning is […]
6 People that Kill Community
We’ve heard it for years, right? That statistic. “The number one reason overseas workers leave the field is because of other overseas workers.” Someone please tell me this is no longer true. Tell me we’ve grown up and beyond that. I don’t know what the statistics are currently. I do know from experience that overseas […]
Distance
I once knew an overseas worker who begged her organization, “Please, please don’t make me go on a home assignment.” She had spent so long fully investing herself in her host country that she admitted, “I have nothing to go back to; no life, no friends, no family, no community that would be my home for home […]
Connect
I don’t have vivid memories of many of the teachings and sermons I’ve heard over the years, but one talk from my first week of college stands out to this day. I was at a get-to-know you campus ministry picnic and after the meal we gathered for a brief talk from one of the leaders. […]
Her Name is Mentor
Her name is Mentor. She is many faces in many places. She is the hand that has shaped me, formed who I am today. She is the voice that has called me beyond the edges of what I would ever be without her. I was the sixteen year old girl crying into my pillow at […]