In the midst of moving back to my “home” country, I wasn’t at a place to articulate to my friends and family what was going on inside me or what I needed {probably because...
Author - Ruthie
Rebuilding Your Identity in Re-entry {Part B}: Things...
How do we rebuild our identity after living overseas? Sometimes in re-entry our days are full of one decision-making challenge after another. {This is part B of this post…if you...
Re-entry Poem
A poem from my journal…a couple years after moving back. RE-ENTRY The place where sorrow and hope collide where a multiplicity of feelings well up inside The space where fog invades...
Summer Retreat Opportunity for Women in Re-entry
If you are a woman who has been living cross culturally as a part of a faith based ministry and have transitioned back to North America in the past year, I wanted to make you aware of a...
Losing my Identity on my Layover: Who am I, and where...
Living overseas gives us an opportunity to build a pretty cool identity! Maybe we got to… ….travel to exotic places {even if it didn’t feel exotic to you}. …work on...
Why Reverse Culture Shock is Worth It {5 Gifts from...
What are some of the benefits to living through reverse culture shock? Sometimes during re-entry, life just feels hard! Our days are filled with longing to be in a different place...
When you’ve got nothing cool to write for the...
When we have nothing “cool” to write… I got it last week…the quarterly alumni magazine from my Bible college Alma Mater. I read about different updates to the...
Reverence {#OneWord365}
Reverence {#OneWord365} I’ve heard the idea for several years…pick one word for the year. And I’ve thought: that’s a nice idea, maybe someday I’ll do...
5 Places You Might Feel Surprisingly at Home during...
Reverse culture shock is famous for making places we once felt like home feel quite the opposite. It’s pretty common in this season of our life to feel like a fish out of water. ...
Debriefing and Expat Reentry Resources
Please note: this blog is no longer being updated so we do not guarantee the accuracy of any information below. Looking for debriefing resources for you and/or your family as you make the...