My first trip to the grocery store in East Africa was….overwhelming. When I got home, tears.
Maybe it was worse because I didn’t expect grocery shopping to be a source of stress.
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Rhythms that Restore: Must-Haves Overseas, Part II
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Missed Part I on rhythms of restoration?
Grab it here.
Six months into my family moving to Uganda, finding effective ways to rest still felt like it eluded me.
(If you’re in the rigors of raising your financial support, maybe you’re already here.)
Restorative Rhythms: Must-Haves Overseas, Part I
Tough Overseas Transitions for Kids–and God’s “Treats”
Make Local Friends Overseas: 6 Ways
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We had been living in Cairo about a year and a half when friends visited from Uganda. We ate at the mall food court when they asked how it has been meeting and making friends with Egyptians. I told them it’s been hard: Where do you meet people you can make friends with?
I mean, you don’t just make friends in the food court.
“What Kind of Overseas Friendships Do I Need?”
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The accident with the motorcycle left me shaky, anxious, and worried.
Besides my husband, the person I wanted to talk with was my closest Egyptian friend. I wanted her to help me process through what I could have done differently, what I was supposed to do after, how I could ever drive again.
Arriving Well Overseas: Tips for a Great Start
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In our efforts at Go. Serve. Love to help you in arriving well overseas, we’re posting from one of our partners, the all-new Mission App–which allows you to search and apply to 30 agencies with one app, and one application.
Check out their thoughts below on how set yourself up for a smashing start overseas.
“Do I have the Call to Be a Missionary?” Free Webinar
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It’s the first step, and one of the hardest to discern: How can you tell if you’re experiencing the call from God to be a missionary? How does God speak, and guide people overseas?
At Go. Serve. Love, we’ve explored this idea a lot, with both warning and affirmation. How would one even define the call?
Raising Financial Support: Voices from Around the Web
Rebecca & David’s Story: “We’re Ordinary People”
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Editor’s note: David and Rebecca, regular readers of Go. Serve. Love and self-proclaimed ordinary people, recently contacted us with some crazy-cool news. Together-ready, waiting for God’s direction–they recently became global workers in North Africa, one of the least-reached regions of the world.
And all in a span of about six weeks.