Resiliency

Scott and Jenni have been working with people in ministry for 13 years. First in Germany and now in Portugal. They founded The Haven, a refuge for global workers in need of a place of rest. They share with us what they have learned about themselves and through many years of serving those of us in ministry.

Michele has nearly two decades of life lived in North Africa and the Middle East. Join our interview with her as she shares her keys to resiliency and how she took up the invitation to live a life of adventure with Jesus 

Steve and Silas want to shamelessly give a plug for this incredible ministry. Alongsidecares.net has profoundly helped thousands of people in vocational ministry over the years, including some of our very own global workers. Director, John DeKruyter joins us in this episode to tell us more about the ways Alongside can help global workers develop resiliency for their lives and ministry. 

Does contemplation always mean sitting in a cave in the woods far from people, devoted to a life of uninterrupted prayer? Apparently not! Steve Findley learns to see contemplation a little differently from Silas West, one of the busier people he knows. 

Lynette Wilson is a licensed marriage and family counselor in Waco, Texas and a tremendous help to many of our global workers over the years. In this episode Lynette shares with us what anxiety is and gives suggestions on how to discern what the voice of anxiety sounds like. 

Andy, Andrea and their four boys have made their home at the inhospitable altitude of 12,000 feet above sea level in El Alto, a town on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia. Sacrificing comforts for a calling, they share with us about the choices and the paradigm shifts that have made it possible for them to call this place home. Learn more about the Bakers and their ministry in Bolivia at https://wordmadeflesh.org/bolivia/ and also about their ministry of freedom for women caught in prostitution at https://sutisana.com/

Loss and disappointment is a part of life. But it is hard not to get stuck in the emotions of grief. Especially when loss accumulates. Lament helps us turn our grief into praise because it is an appeal to the character and faithfulness of God. Silas shares with us about his experience working with clients as they process loss through lament and helps us face our grief with greater resiliency. 

Significant loss is "baked into" cross-cultural ministry. Clinical Psychologist, Bob Watson shares with us about the healing power of mourning our losses. When everything in us wants to run away from our feelings of pain and grief, Bob encourages us to embrace them. Like peeling away layers of sickness, mourning our loss helps us become more resilient. With direct application to our current COVID 19 reality, you don't want to miss this episode. 

Today's guests, Tim and Kristi, share with us about how they stay grounded, maintain routines, and build traditions so that they and their family of teenagers can have fun, stay connected and live resiliently in one of the least stable regions of the world. 

Today's guests, Tim and Kristi, share with us about how they stay grounded, maintain routines, and build traditions so that they ad their family of teenagers can have fun, stay connected, and live resiliently in one of the least stable regions of the world.