This guidebook by Lisa Espineli Chinn could be useful for international and study abroad students, short and long-term missionaries, and even those who aren't crossing international borders, but are experiencing the culture shock of moving back home after living away. From the book's introduction: "These daily readings, for the first month of your return to your home country, are designed to help you navigate the reentry terrain. This is a booklet of brief thoughts and biblical reflections to h...

Katie Rowe interviews Neil Pirolo, author of Serving as Senders—Today: How to Care for Your Missionaries as They Prepare to Go, Are on the Field and Return Home , and  The Reentry Team: Caring for Your Returning Missionaries.   The current edition of Serving as Senders—Today is a revision of the original, first published in 1991. Since then, it has been translated into 20 languages and has nearly a half million copies in print. In reference to missionary/member care, Neal wrote, “I have be...

The last couple months I’ve chatted with a half a dozen friends who are preparing for their reentry or are just beginning to find themselves navigating the unfamiliar familiar of the USA.  Every time I talk to someone about to make this transition, I’m transported back to my return ten years ago and think about […]

Depression in men may be masked by unhealthy coping behaviors, so it often goes undiagnosed and can have devastating consequences when untreated.

Blog, list of resources on risk, and other training available from someone who has lived in some of the most difficult parts of the world for decades. By: Anna Hampton