We are women who have uprooted our lives to plant again in foreign soil.
We are women who love Jesus and want to link arms as we hold tight to hope in the hard and weary places.
We understand the pain of goodbyes and beauty of hellos, the longing to belong and to be fully known.
We are women on a grand adventure, who are also hanging laundry and cooking from scratch, navigating visas and fighting for joy on all our ordinary days.
We are packing pros and airport experts.
We are women who need the gift of knowing we are not alone, creating space to share our stories and forge community as we walk this expat journey together.
Welcome to Velvet Ashes.
If you are new here, let us introduce ourselves this month. If you’ve been around for a while, maybe you need to get reacquainted with all that we have to offer. No matter what, we are so grateful that we are here.
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I need your help and just someone to know me. I’ve lived overseas. I’ve taught students for many many years. I’m also at a career standstill – cashiering at Walmart, which truly is my mission field right now. Your title Velvet Ashes appeals to me bc the Lord Jesus has granted me many mountain tops but He’s also allowed a lot of ‘ash’ (failure) in my life. Please help!!! 🙂,
Susan, this is definitely a community of women who understand how living cross-culturally marks us. It can feel like we have sacrificed feeling seen and known. We will have more blog posts this month with different ways that you can connect! Our blog posts come out once a week, and these are sisters who understand and share their stories honestly. We hope you can find encouragement and connection!