Missionaries say A LOT of goodbyes. To short-term mission teams who move in and out of the ministry. To friends and family who visit for a week or two. To summer interns. To nationals who move on. To fellow teammates who leave the field permanently or for weeks or months of furlough. When every hello…
Tag: Africa
More Than Feeling All the Feels
There’s a popular phrase in urban slang that’s used to describe feelings— “to feel all the feels.” It essentially means to be overcome by intense emotions, a heightened awareness of yourself and your personal feelings. People often assume that in working in the mission field in a foreign country, we must be “feeling all the…
Wonder
One month ago, we were boarding a plane with six suitcases, two plastic storage containers, carry-on luggage, and backpacks to fly 16 hours (not counting lay-overs) to Kenya. Now the journey to get here almost looks like a blur in our peripheral vision as the sights, sounds, smells, and texture of Nairobi race before us…
A Life Called to Love 