overseas life and faith
Traditions. I’m realizing they don’t have to be stressful events or grand ideas. Traditions are simply celebrations or routines that you prioritize and create on a regular basis– whether weekly, monthly, or yearly. Over time, traditions create memories for you and others that will last a lifetime.
You have a stack of postcards to mail out but they are all going to one person. That person will then hand them out to others. You decide to reuse a package you have since you don’t know where to purchase a Bubble Envelope. You are ready to mail your package! How hard can it be?
Kick Scooter verses South Asian Scooter…The first time I rode a scooter was the second day we were in our city. We were living with friends and hadn’t unpacked one bag.
What’s your definition of a “normal cup”? Here’s a peak into what it’s like to find juice glasses in South Asia.
Daily life in the kitchen looks a lot different than it did seven months ago in the little East Coast apartment the hubs and I lived in. I listen to more podcasts, more music, and now a plethora of vocabulary for the language we are learning because it just takes more time to cook. Here are a few of my thoughts from the kitchen…
There was indeed one stretch of the road on a recent trip that looked much like your average highway in America. But, my husband and I thought again and began to play the game of “What proves we aren’t on an American road?” Here’s what we observed.
It has now been almost 6 months since my husband and I packed up our lives into six fifty-pound suitcases. It was quite a process of sorting, throwing, giving, donating, and deciding what we wanted to take with us to South Asia. There were days I felt like I was just on autopilot and wasn’t able to fully process what I was actually doing and preparing for. There were days of sadness, mourning friends and family I wouldn’t be able to see as often as I had or, as trivial as it may seem, moments of sadness regarding items I had truly grown to cherish that I simply couldn’t take with me.
It makes sending cards so incredibly fun and easy, especially when you live on the other side of the world as family and friends. No post office. No store. No hassle.
When you live in a culture that’s not your own, it takes time to figure out what actually gives you rest.
There are no Target runs, often few (if any) cute coffee shops to journal and process life at, and sometimes no other expats to have “girls night” or just hang out with. Shopping can soon become stressful when someone follows you around the store to help you shop.
It’s easy to neglect rest. Maybe we think everything can’t really get done in only six days. It seems that thought, though, is actually distrust in the way we were created to function…
Sometimes Sabbath means getting out of the house and into nature. Into the great outdoors where we can just Be Still & Know who the Creator is by being in his creation.
