TRANSITION Articles

Thoughts, encouragement, and resources for the global worker transitioning back to their home country. Help with expat reverse culture shock, re-entry and transitions issues.

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 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...

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...

This article evaluates the possible psychological consequences of migration for individuals who choose to migrate.

'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...

The best way to prepare for our inevitable demise is a healthy focus on death, discipleship, and worship.

By: Michele Van Loon

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

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...

“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 …

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...

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