Sanity – You WILL Lose It
Here’s a heads up. If you don’t already know this, you probably should… You are going to lose it. Yep. It’s pretty much guaranteed. It may come during a global move or in the throes of culture-shock, in the thick of re-entry, or in the middle of a hard and unexpected season of your cross-cultural […]
Is Sanity Possible in the Midst of Chaos?
After four years on the field, a change of agency, working through finances, a change of house and the process of finding a suitable church to serve alongside, we started serving with a traditional, mainline church which values the Catholic roots of this culture. The priest had a heart of outreach and wanted to disciple and pastor […]
You Are Not Disqualified
It was the thing I feared most. Over the year-long process of applying with our sending agency, we filled out forms, questionnaires, biblical exams and testimonies. A thick brown envelope appeared on our doorstep, the latest of many mailed communications from the agency. All signs up till now confirmed our calling, and the final step before we were […]
How to Stay Sane When Living Abroad
Last summer, I submitted a 47-page thesis exploring the mental health functioning of career medical professionals serving overseas. I spent almost two years gathering articles, reading books, and attending conferences surrounding the topic of cross-cultural adjustment as it related to depression and anxiety among expatriates. This all sounds so academic and professional, huh? Let me […]