5 Essentials to Thrive
I stood outside the little noodle dive and waited. And waited. And waited. “It’s a little salty,” said one of the customers at a pop-up table by the glass door hinged open. Nick was at home with our tot after a long morning in language classes. The window for our lunch together was getting smaller […]
The Art of Magnifying Him with Thanksgiving
In the past three years I have called Haiti, Bahamas, Ethiopia, and Austria home. I still wake up in the morning wondering what country I’m in, if my mosquito net is down, why I can’t hear the donkey carts making their sunrise routes next to my window, or if that thud on the roof is […]
On the Expectation to Live Modestly
Several years before my husband and I moved abroad, we visited some friends living in Peru. They were well into a five-year commitment to serve in a city where they were spearheading a religious community and outreach program. I’m not sure what I expected when I walked into their apartment. I had spent time with […]
Ask a Mentor: Practical Advice in Thriving as a Mother Overseas
If there was one thing I wanted during my first term on the field, it was a mentor. Not spiritual mentor -mostly I needed someone who could help me with the practical challenges of homemaking and caring for a family in Africa. Someone who could answer simple but mystifying questions like, “How do you cook […]