Sam’s Roommate Disaster released in August on Amazon as the newest TCK book on the market.  Have you ever read a story and felt like you...

In a series of enlarging our capacity as global workers (for Global Trellis), I’ve been asked to examine how to expand capacity in global...

If you are in the thick of some really hard things as a global worker, you’re in the right place. If I could, I’d invite you to my...

An outline of banana leaves framed the inky, glittering expanse that August night so long ago. My father raised his face to the moon and...

So, I go to school in Africa. My teacher says I have to master only one concept in this school.  Are you ready?  Here it is. This world...

I remember facing our first ministry transition and Googling, “How do I tell donors that we’re changing ministries?” We hadn’t served in...

Originally published January 28, 2015. School runs late January-early December in South Africa.  We now have a 4th grader in "preperatory...

Perhaps it IS a little much.  3 dogs, however many cats, a snake, and the 4 of us.  It's been called, "the Danforth Farm" and "the...

Mami Banla meets my daughter, Elaina, for the first time. Eight Cameroonian mamas adjusted their head coverings and stopped their chatter...

Originally published February 29, 2014. My unlikely lily should be dead. By all rights. 3 lilies were planted. 3 lilies were chewed up...

The art of staring is one quite lost on developed nations, or fat nations as new fads insist.  Staring is, "rude, uncomfortable,...

You know who you are. You’re the one who’s been on the border of transformation so many times. You’ve pulled into the parking lot of that...

Photography is a powerful tool to share about life in your host country. Too often, especially in non-profit work, photography has been...

I couldn't take my eyes off of a wooden bowl at the feet of the woman sitting near me in the restaurant that night. It was the most...

Join us for Raising a Family Overseas' virtual book launch party! When: Tuesday, July 11th at 7pm (CDT) Where: Facebook, follow this link...

Lichen grows on a rock in South Africa. Lichen is a symbol of hardiness.

How to be ready "early the next morning" when you are called to the impossible.

Moving to a new country is not easy. If you're reading this, you are probably about to move overseas, live overseas, or know someone who...