2024 WAS A YEAR OF TRANSITIONS
HERE’S WHERE WE ARE NOW What a year it’s been! A myriad of highs and lows have cropped up for us since we announced last December that we were moving our office from the beautiful Mediterranean coast of Antalya, Türkiye to the banks of the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. Here we are a year lat
Lent 2023: Part 2 Re-imagine
“So, here you are.Too foreign for home, too foreign for here.Never enough for both.”– Ijeoma Umebinyuo Life as an expat stretches our imaginations and experiences about people, the world, and God in refreshing ways. But if we’re honest, sometimes it also comes with a cost. For all
Serving While Single
by Amber Goodloe, LPC A couple months ago I was standing at my kitchen sink doing the dishes and then suddenly I was covered in water and standing in a puddle and couldn’t figure out why. When my brain was finally able to register what had happened, I discovered that my sink had literally come [
THE FIRE OF TEAM CONFLICT
by Andrew Brown, LLP Antalya is a beautiful place. It can also be very hot and dry place—sometimes going months without rain. This makes the surrounding forests highly vulnerable to fire. Occasionally we’ll see an airplane or helicopter loaded with water on its way to extinguish a blaze. Fire is
A KEY TO HEALTHY CONFLICT
A Preventative Approach by Andrew Brown, MA, LLP Conflict is a normal part of life and living in relationship with others. As different people we will inevitably have seemingly incompatible needs and priorities. Low-intensity conflict can… High-
PARTNERING TOGETHER
by Linda Parker, LMFT As agency administrators and member care personnel, you care about God’s global workers and the national fellowships they serve. You train, mentor, encourage and coach when needed. You counsel them through the inevitable bumps in the road. But there may be ti
THE STORM BEFORE THE STORM: WELCOMING OTHERS TO THE FIELD
by Andrew Brown, LLP The memory is still quite vivid. My wife was laid up on the couch with a fever. My two young children were running circles around me trying to make sense of what was happening. And I was a big ball of stress. Foremost on my mind was trying to figure out […]