Peter Jordan's vital, insightful teaching on the challenges and opportunities that await returning missionaries makes this essential reading for every short- and long-term out-reach participant and every local church and mission agency that sends out workers.

"My great desire in writing this book is to help people safely navigate the transition from the mission field to home. As I look back at my own life, I realize that I could have benefited much from the information contained in this book. Of course, there was no space travel metaphor for the experience. Space travel was still something people only dreamed about. Back then, missionaries were simply coming home on furlough. This book is divided into two sections around the space travel metaph...

Ok this is awkward. There’s a solid chance that the demographic which might best benefit from this post (and the brilliance in the comments that follow {hint}) will never see it.   If you are welcoming a beloved friend or family member back into your life, after an extended amount of time in a faraway land, I can’t imagine that you’re scouring the internet for ways to do it well.  Why would you?  What’s to figure out? Author: Jerry Jones Publisher: The Culture Blend

Survey results In August 2013, I used Survey Monkey to find out more what challenges repatriates face on returning “home.” In this article I am summarising my findings, so if you’d like more information just let me know. The first part is a general summary of responses, followed by further sections on the mission, corporate and development sectors where I...

Do you want to return well? You can. Returning Well invites you into a guided conversation with your Creator that will reveal and apply invaluable insights as you reflect on your recent season of cross-cultural service. By using Returning Well, you will discover how this season influenced you, how to re-integrate well, and what moving forward in faith means for you. Returning Well is designed to be Engaged–you actively follow your Creator’s lead Customized–you select the topics most valuable to...