Are You Ready for Transition? Again?
“Did you ever consider staying home? Getting settled and looking for a job?” This was the burning question I just had to ask.
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Are You Ready? Again?
Before you are ready again you need to be fairly whole and healed from your past experience, otherwise it will be a dark cloud hanging over you, a feeling of something breathing down your neck, or a part of your unhealed heart which will slowly eat you from the inside.
Returning “Home”
We continue to hear of cross-cultural workers and their families leaving China—often returning to a "home" culture that no longer feels quite like home. How can parents help their children through this transition?
So, How Are They Now?
Following up on Chinese Christians after their expat colleagues had to leave.
Life in Motion
A ten-week Bible study that encourages the internationally mobile to turn to see what the Bible says about transition.
China Expats and Home Church Support
One of the least discussed aspects of the expatriate’s experience is the role of the home support community, particularly that of the home church.
Care for Those Who Remain in China
We didn't get to say goodbye!
When the Gates Close and the Church Is Called to Care
The story of one church caring for those who had to leave China unexpectedly.
Crisis Plans and Communication Challenges
With compromised computers and uncertainty as to which forms of communication were still OK to use, organizations struggled to be in regular contact with their workers and acknowledged that some of their people felt left out and lonely when they needed their organization's presence and support.
The Impact of Leaving on the Kids
How to help children face the uncertainties and trauma of an unexpected departure.
The Need for Professional Help
Having to leave your home in China suddenly is not just difficult, it is a trauma and should not be taken lightly.
When Our Dream Came to a Halt
That was the beginning of a month and a half of interrogations until we left China, my husband with a “ten days to leave the country” stamp in his passport.