Tips, Resources and Encouragement
Are you ready to laugh and see some funny videos to help explain missionary life and overseas life? You know when you see something funny and it really strikes you as true for some circumstance in your life? That’s how this list came to be. You see the video clip and you laugh and laugh and laugh because it really,… Read More
Oh, the days of getting ready for furlough… “Can you facetime?” came my sister’s text across my phone while I prepared for my daily run. “Sure.” “I’m at Goodwill. 50% off winter coats and clothing.” “Nice.” or something like the above conversation. It happened twice yesterday. Browsing through the clothing racks over the phone while my sister looks like she… Read More
You hopped over because you wonder how you know you live overseas. Well… A friend and I were chatting on the phone the other day and we both were sharing some of the funny things we’d noticed about ourselves or our new lives living in Africa. I told her that I’d been mentally making a “you know you live overseas”… Read More
You are a first termer. There are things I would tell a first term missionary working overseas. Like you. You finished raising your budget and you are off to unknown lands. {If you are still budget raising, I have 22 things to tell you too} You might have visited your new country once or twice but this is the first… Read More
The sun had set and we were closing up the house for the night. I was thinking over the day. I was busy telling my sweaty preteen girls to shower before bed, refilling the water filter and making sure the padlocks were locked on the doors. Jeremy had just finished cleaning out Zander’s dog food container because it was CRAWLING… Read More
Sometimes our days of missionary life lead us into unexpected places. Sometimes our days lead us on a very special visit to a small village. When we leave our gate in the morning, there is always a feeling of apprehension or hesitation because we just don’t know what is coming up around the bend of the day. One day last… Read More