A Life Overseas
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The blog collective ‘A Life Overseas’ provides that place of online connection for Christ-following missionaries and humanitarian aid workers living in foreign countries– from the past, present, or future.
A Life Overseas
1d ago
Last December, our son came home from preschool excited to show me his new treasure. It was a “rock” that one of his buddies gave to him. At first glance, I thought it was a clump of dirt. Upon further inspection, however, I discovered it was old, hard, and thankfully no-longer-stinky animal poo. Yet because ..read more
A Life Overseas
3d ago
Some of my earliest memories are of Christmas and the weeks leading up to it. The month of night-by-night burning Advent candles during family devotions, the holiday baking and decorating of cookies with my mom and siblings, the sacred feel of Christmas Eve service with candles and carols. Of course, it is all mixed up ..read more
A Life Overseas
1w ago
by Louise Clark There is something about the evergreen tree. Spring, summer, winter, and fall, it remains standing, steadfast and strong. Having lived as global workers in the Arabian Gulf for almost a decade, a detour in our journeys took us to a little house in the prairie state of Illinois. That first winter was ..read more
A Life Overseas
1w ago
“If you came back, you wanted to leave again. If you went away, you longed to come back. Wherever you were, you could hear the call of the herdsman’s horn far away in the hills. You had one home out there and one over here and yet you were an alien in both places. Your ..read more
A Life Overseas
2w ago
by Janessa Cypher A familiar scent wafts from the “Tropical Pine” candle, glowing brightly from the center of our dining table. I was ecstatic when I found it in a local craft shop a few years ago. It holds the memories and mingling of Christmases in different countries — the wind chill and thick blanket ..read more
A Life Overseas | The Missions Conversation
3w ago
After a year of “lasts” – last Thanksgiving in America, last Christmas, last birthday, last this, last that – the “firsts” began. It started off slowly. First Moon Festival. Quaint really as my teammate and I were invited to the rooftop garden of one of our school officials. We were served so many peanuts and ..read more
A Life Overseas | The Missions Conversation
3w ago
The apostle John tells us, “Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts” (1 John 5:21). This verse informs the center of my book, Bowing Low: Rejecting the Idols Around Us to Worship the Living God. But even if we can identify the idols in our lives, how can ..read more
A Life Overseas | The Missions Conversation
3w ago
“July 15, 2011.” Each person at the table looked up from their menus in surprise. One of them had simply asked, “When did you come back from the field?” They were probably expecting me to give the year. If they only knew. I could’ve given the minute. I went on to explain that I had ..read more
A Life Overseas | The Missions Conversation
1M ago
Within three months of landing on the mission field, my husband found himself overseeing six departments at the hospital. Several factors led to such a sudden and taxing situation, but the underlying cause was the absence of nearly all other physician personnel at the time. Some had recently left for Home Assignment, others hadn’t yet ..read more
A Life Overseas | The Missions Conversation
1M ago
If you’ve spent much time around A Life Overseas, you probably know that Third Culture Kids (TCKs) spend at least part of their growing up years living outside their passport countries, expecting a return ‘home’ to a country at least somewhat foreign to them. When you picture TCKs, what do you see? Who do you ..read more