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Landing Well: 10 More Tips for Repatriating with Dignity
“The process of coming home after living abroad is simple and stress free.” This is a quote from NO ONE . . . EVER. At least no one who has ever actually attempted the …
Expatica
Learn more about Expatica, one of the largest expat resources providing guides for expats about finance, healthcare, housing, and much more in 11 countries. Expatica Communications B.V. provid...
Serving As Senders Today: How to Care for Your Missionaries
Serving As Senders: How to Care for Your Missionaries While They are Preparing to Go, While They are on the Field and When They Return Home. The title says it all! A missionary needs care in at lea...
Mind the Gaps: Engaging the Church in Missionary Care
Mind the Gaps is intended to empower churches, to complement and enhance the efforts of the member care department of mission sending agencies, and to reduce the attrition rate of missionaries by e...
Re Entry
Peter Jordan's vital, insightful teaching on the challenges and opportunities that await returning missionaries makes this essential reading for every short- and long-term out-reach participant and...
The Psychological Impact of Leaving Home
This article evaluates the possible psychological consequences of migration for individuals who choose to migrate.
Life in Motion: Growing Through Transitions
Life is filled with transitions. Sometimes they happen in one geographical place. We move from childhood to adulthood, singleness to marriage, health to chronic illness. Other times they occur when...
9 skills you can bring home after living and working abroad
Articles abound in the last few years about expats returning home after so many years overseas. Said articles often focus on the…
Returning Well: Your Guide to Thriving Back "Home" After Serving Cross-Culturally
Do you want to return well? You can. Returning Well invites you into a guided conversation with your Creator that will reveal and apply invaluable insights as you reflect on your recent season of c...
Home Keeps Moving: A Glimpse Into the Extraordinary Life of a Third Culture Kid
'Home Keeps Moving' follows Heidi and her missionary family on their many moves through the eyes of a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and the unique phenomena of having four very different home countries t...
An Honest Reflection on Re-entry, Repatriation, and Reverse Culture Shock
Sooner or later we go back home and it can be a wrenching journey into re-entry. The longer you have been overseas the more difficult the process.
By: Julie Martinez
...Grandfather's Journey
A picture book masterpiece from Caldecott medal winner Allen Say now available in paperback! Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid -- words used to describe Allen Say’s Grandfather’s Journey when it was ...