Well, I am back home. In some ways it is strange, but in most ways it just feels normal. I came back to the same house, friends, family, town, etc that I left two years ago. Nothing much has changed. I have two new nephews who are awesome but that is pretty much it. I’ve [...]
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My new normal
Posted: 11th March 2011 by Rachel in Life, WorkTags: culture, el salvador, home, philippines, transition
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As you are reading this, I am most likely in a plane somewhere over the Pacific. Leaving the wonderful place I have called my home for the past year, and heading back to a place I knew as home for about 28 years prior to that. Right out of college I knew I wanted to [...]
Transition
Posted: 10th February 2011 by Rachel in Life, WorkTags: change, Manila, missions, transition, usa
You know that bitter-sweet feeling that bubbles up inside you whenever you leave something great, but are moving towards something else equally great? That’s how I feel right now. My time in Manila is rapidly coming to a close. Two weeks. That is all that separates me from the end of life as I’ve known [...]
I am in so much trouble when I go back to the US. It is 80 degrees here in Manila and I have been a bit cold at times. Yes, you heard me correctly. After spending the past two years in Asia where it is always hot, my body is a bit confused about what [...]
Mass email ’til your hearts content…
Posted: 13th January 2011 by Rachel in ResourcesTags: mass email, program, resource
We told you one thing we’re going to be adding here are resources and my mom told me NEVER to lie. So here is a great one that Kenji shared at www.monsoonhub.org. Click here to read more!
Christmas in Asia
Posted: 7th January 2011 by Rachel in LifeTags: christmas, Manila, orchard road, parol, singapore
This is my second Christmas spent in Asia. And yes, it is different. Here in Manila, Christmas really starts in September. Because that month ushers in the -ber months which automatically means Christmas, duh ;) It was pretty hilarious to walk around in September and hear Christmas music blasting around every corner. The malls were [...]
Manila–>Slovakia–>Thailand, whew
Posted: 21st December 2010 by Rachel in WorkTags: God, slovakia, thailand, video, Wycliffe
It’s a good thing I love to travel because I’ve been doing a lot of it recently! We are continuing to work on the video project highlighting small churches globally who are following the Great Commission. I spent the past 10 days in traveling to gather our most recent story. I flew into Vienna, Austria [...]
“This is Our Story”
Posted: 29th November 2010 by Rachel in ResourcesTags: churches, missions, video, vimeo
We have recently been working on a global video project. The purpose is to show how small churches around the world are participating in missions; despite the difficulties they may come across. Well, we have recently finished the teaser for the first story. We’d love for you to use this resource to show people what [...]
It’s all fun and games until someone gets thrown off their bike…
Posted: 24th November 2010 by Rachel in LifeTags: accident, bike, hospital
Thought I would share this story from my blog. Cause oftentimes awkward cultural experiences are part of the job. Sometimes life is just entertaining. Thursday was one of those days. It started innocently enough. Work. Lunch. Work. Then it came time to go home.
We are introducing a new category on Skilled to Serve. We figured that it might be helpful to you that as we come across interesting and helpful resources, to clue you in to their existence. If you are here, most likely you have a background in communications of some kind. Either that or you are [...]