culture shock

Cultural Frustration: Dealing with Potholes of Missionary Life

A global-worker friend from Nepal sent me a Marco Polo recently. She described a day of local handymen installing appliances…

2 years ago

Reverse Culture Shock: My Story

Reverse culture shock is real. Each time I return back to the States, I feel like a perfect stranger once…

2 years ago

Letter to a new missionary: “Dear newly-arrived me”

Dear new missionary me, Oh, you look so beautiful! I love that you’re still wearing makeup and your toenails are…

3 years ago

What’s Your Sign? (Here’s Mine)

Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Rebecca Hopkins’ blog, Borneo Wife, when she and her husband served in Indonesia.…

3 years ago

Help! I don’t feel as “called” as my spouse

Editor's note: For this perennial topic, we're pulling some tips from the archive for all you spouses wrestling through what…

4 years ago

Dotsie’s Story: Culture Shock, and Making Change

Change doesn’t come easily for me. Or more plainly put, I just don’t like change. Give me a quiet routine…

4 years ago

My Cultural Moment: My Cousins’ Birthdays? Really?

“You really don’t know your cousins’ birthdays, do you?!” It was the kind of cultural moment that made me mentally…

4 years ago

The Culture Clash: Ouch! You Just Dented My Cred

There it was again: the culture clash. Yeah, I understand that you don’t like surprise changes in plans, I mentally retorted…

4 years ago

#BestoftheBestFridays: Animated videos for Muslims; Gospel movies in 23 languages

Perhaps you've read the recent headlines of a young woman who moved to Uganda at 19--but is now under investigation…

5 years ago

5 Character Potholes to Avoid Overseas

Wondering what kind of character essentials should be "packed", so to speak, before heading overseas? Well--let's look at what you'll…

5 years ago