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Prayer: A Voice When Words Fail

By Denise Rhoades Arriving in your host country, you're eager to get started.  But it’s been six months, and language…

6 years ago

#BestoftheBestFriday: Answering the Critics; Language Learning Infographic; Africa & China’s Unique Dynamics

Is Missions a Joke? Answering the Critics There are some well-aimed critiques being leveled at global work lately, which may…

6 years ago

How Ready Am I? A Self-Assessment for Global Work, Part I

When I was 23, an editor position opened up at the publishing house where I was working. In the vein…

6 years ago

#BestoftheBestFriday: Free UPG Prayer Guide; 8 “Ifs” to Reexamine; No One Mentioned That; Peru, the World Cup, and Global Work

free prayer guide for the 31 largest unreached people groups The William Carey Library has compiled this free daily prayer…

6 years ago

Home Again: Telling Your Story

By Chelsea Charles You’ve just returned on home assignment. And the first thing someone asks is, “How was it?” (Or…

6 years ago

He Said/She Said. You Say? “How can I know if God’s calling/leading me overseas?” Part II

Missed Part I? Grab it here. Years ago my husband had a friend who was contemplating starting his own non-profit…

6 years ago

#BestoftheBestFriday: Phases of Life Overseas; Wishing I Wasn’t a Racist; Time-release Culture Shock

Forbidden Roots Amy Medina writes compellingly of the seasons of overseas life. At the beginning, the remnants of your old…

6 years ago

He Said/She Said. You Say? “How can I know if God’s calling/leading me overseas?” Part I

I've written before that my husband's and my decision to shuffle our family of six overseas wasn't perhaps as clear…

6 years ago

#WFMW Worked for Me Wednesdays: You Can Make That (Easily!): 21 Recipes for Food You Used to Buy

My first trip to the grocery store in East Africa was....overwhelming. There may have been some tears when I got…

6 years ago