Re-entry and Repatriation Articles

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...

Third culture kids/global nomads have typically interacted with two or more cultures during their developmental years - those years that shape who they are as human beings. As they go about living ...

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 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 …

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

Articles abound in the last few years about expats returning home after so many years overseas. Said articles often focus on the…

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...

Expecting that the home will be the way it was when you left? Are you instead shocked to discover that both you and home have changed? The Art of Coming Home offers the solid advice you need to red...

Six years ago I entered the office of my primary care doctor and burst into tears. I sobbed until I could not sob anymore. I sobbed until all that was left was a broken soul and no more tears. When...

In this TEDx presentation Ruth Van Reken shares her insight on the griefs and gains of being the Third Culture Kid. Ruth Van Reken is a second generation Third Culture Kid (TCK - a child who spends...

Ask missionaries about coming home, and they may describe it as traumatic or even “worse than going overseas.” Here's how to make returning a blessing.

Author: Bethan Duval

Ok this is awkward. There’s a solid chance that the demographic which might best benefit from this post (and the brilliance in the comments that follow {hint}) will never see it.   If you...