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When we came back to our passport country on home assignment, people were curious.
“If Ugandans speak English, why do you spend so much effort on learning Luganda?”
Category: emotional/relational wellness
Downsizing to Move Overseas, Part 3
Reading Time: 8 minutes
Go. Serve. Love is loving this new series on downsizing to live overseas by Rebecca Skinner, who grew up as a missionary kid in Latin America, where she moved five times in seven years.
As an adult TCK, Rebecca has worked as a professional organizer with Simplified Living Solutions, helping people downsize, pack their belongings, and set up their homes after a move. She has the ability to step into a kitchen for the first time and tell you which drawer the silverware are in.
Does a ministry opportunity = my call?
“Communication with Teams is Easy!” Said No One Ever
Reading Time: 5 minutes
The cushions on our new couch were still stiff as we sat in the living room of our apartment with our team months after our family landed in Egypt. Cups of herbal tea steamed on the coffee table.
Our friends asked us how we were doing in our transition and I shared about the ups and downs, attempting some humor about a meltdown I had over burned chickpeas.
Taylor Swift, Pork, and Locating Cultural Bridges
International Church: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly-ish
The Magi & Your Path Abroad: “We Have Come to Worship Him”
Cultural Frustration: Dealing with Potholes of Missionary Life
Reading Time: 6 minutes
A global-worker friend from Nepal sent me a Marco Polo recently. She described a day of local handymen installing appliances in her family’s new apartment–with methods much to her chagrin.
My mind immediately tumbled back to the painter who striped our house different shades of pink and orange on the outside, so it resembled a box of rainbow sherbet.
