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How to Care Well for MK’s {An Interview With an Expert}
I think of Donna Kushner as a hero. She is a champion of MK’s and TCK’S, their stories, journeys and life struggles. She was so moved by the need to care for MK’s better, she pioneered a...
FIVE Cs THAT EXPLAIN MKs: Help for Those Who Love us
Defining what it means to be an MK ranks right up there with summarizing the plot of Inception or The Matrix. We’re not just Rubik’s Cubes. We’re Rubik’s Cubes whose facets are made of multicultura...
To the Churches Whose Missionaries Have Come “Home”
It was 2001. My family had arrived in Kazakhstan in 1996, the first American family in our town, and been joined by other Americans and Aussies over the next several years. It was a fairly isolated...
When Transition Gets The Best of You
Ahh transition. I teach this stuff. I do seminars. I write a blog for crying out loud. So I hate it when it actually applies to me. Some of the best advice I ever got...
Burn Up or Splash Down: Surviving the Culture Shock of Re-Entry
Just like a space shuttle struggles and strains to re-enter the earth's atmosphere, so those returning from living overseas can find themselves confused and in a state of panic at coming home. Whil...
Re-Entry Challenges
Survey results In August 2013, I used Survey Monkey to find out more what challenges repatriates face on returning “home.” In this article I am summarising my findings, so if you’d like more inform...
Helping your child through reverse culture shock
If you’re perplexed by the changes in your recently returned traveller, the following comments from three young adults offer some helpful insights.
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...
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...
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...
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...