When Life Hands You Lemons, God Can Give You Water & Sugar

A few weeks ago, I found out that Young Life was pulling the plug on Amsterdam. At first I was extremely frustrated. All that work over the past year seemed like it was wasted. The rest of the day was spent praying about what now. Throughout the day though, God reminded me that He called …

Traditions…letting go of the old and embracing the new

Traditions are a part of all of our lives and can be hard to let go of. And it becomes difficult to establish new ones without remembering the old ones. Living abroad/moving/settling into a new place makes traditions a difficult thing to deal with.

Reverse Culture Shock…be patient with us dealing with it

Many people have heard about culture shock. But it's reverse culture shock that can really make life difficult. Reverse Culture Shock happens when a person lives outside their "home" country for an extended period of time and then return to their old home only to find things have changed and they have changed. Let me …

Loneliness…it’s a ministry killer

I stopped doing my blog and podcast several months ago for one reason, depression from loneliness. My status on Facebook was “It’s not the stress, culture, or money that would keep me from continuing to do ministry abroad…It’s loneliness.” Everything kind of came to a head in October where I wasn’t sure if I wanted …