Embracing Christmas with Your Team
Growing up, my large family Christmases were bursting at the seams with people, food, noise and fun. I don’t feel like I’m celebrating without at least twenty people simultaneously playing games while toddlers wander from relative to relative and newborn babies are passed around. I love my childhood memory of the tree at my grandparents’ […]
Forging Team Traditions
Some of my favorite traditions while living overseas started in the darkness, a desperate clinging to hope when things were hard. They were started because I needed a way to mark time, to hit the pause button on stress and work and the daily mundane that can hover over this global life. That very first […]
Holiday Camaraderie + My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
For the 7 Christmases we have spent on the field, we’ve always been part of a team. Usually small enough for everyone to fit into one home, but big enough to share the load of cooking and baking for a holiday meal. I have grown to love this team atmosphere, especially during the holidays. I […]
This Week’s Theme: Team Traditions
They watch your kids so you can take a much-needed date night, tell you when it’s time to take those parasite meds, or sit with you when the culture shock or ministry disappointments feel like too much. Our team can be like our adopted family when we are very far away from relatives and friends […]