I didn't write a single blog post in 2019. While we're truth-telling, I suppose I could've entitled my last post, "When You're a Struggling Returned Overseas Worker" because that's where I was at the end of 2018. We had chosen to return to Canada midway through 2018. Then, ultimately, we chose to leave our missions … Continue reading Two Initial Steps to Begin Again
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Finding Healing in His Presence
It’s mid-afternoon and I stand in the middle of the grassy yard, eyes transfixed on the movement of light dancing all around me on the ground. The maple branches are caught in a lyrical dance that fools and I cannot stop watching this masterpiece before me. My daughter runs past, asking, “What are you … Continue reading Finding Healing in His Presence
Transition Discomfort
Several weeks ago, I decided I would move away from hosting my blog on WordPress. I had researched several other options and decided on a host with a good reputation. The reviews I had read made it seem like the transition would be easy peasy lemon squeezy, like the saying my five-year-old has recently picked … Continue reading Transition Discomfort
When You’re Homesick for a Place or People who are No Longer There
I've been reading my way through the “Anne of Green Gables” books and earlier this week I came across a great quote from L.M. Montgomery in “Anne of the Island.” It was the scene when Anne and one her good friends and roommate from the past three years, Phil, were taking one last walk through their … Continue reading When You’re Homesick for a Place or People who are No Longer There
The Perspective of Returning Home
I recently looked back at some of my early blog posts, dating back a little over thirteen years ago. I was in the middle of preparing to go to the mission field and, as I read, I was reminded of the many ways that the Lord prepared the way for me. I was single, young, … Continue reading The Perspective of Returning Home
Beth Donchai 
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