Category: Life Across Borders

  • Transition Fatigue

    Transition Fatigue

    A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. ~George Augustus Moore Every song on shuffle today wants to remind me that home may always be a foreign concept to me. Lyrics like: Why am I the one always packing up my stuff? (Why Am I the…

  • Trade Offs + Transitions

    Without a doubt, I am blessed. My life has been filled with great people and great opportunities. I can’t stress that enough. But it has not come without sacrifice. Time away from family. Constant goodbyes. Financial instability. Sacrifice. The truth about sacrifice though is that more often than not, in our sacrifices we are trading…

  • 15 Years Ago…

    15 Years Ago…

    March 31, 1998 15 years ago today…I was nine years old. 15 years ago today…I first arrived in Phnom Penh. 15 years ago today…my eyes hurt from crying, after having to say goodbye to my sisters in Australia. 15 years ago today…my mum gave me a hug to make me feel better – and it…

  • God Can Heal Our Broken Potatoes [Hearts]

    He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 On Thursday night we asked our middle schoolers, what’s the hardest thing someone could ask you to do. Here are some of their answers: Walk in a pool of custard. (I agree). Eat something fermented. Read for a long period of time. Kill someone…