New Hope

                             

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Wednesday June 23 (TODAY)

What: I am sharing

Where: REFUGE CCHB

When: 7pm

For more information visit: www.refugefamily.com

Kenya

A day at the Kiambethu Tea Farm while visiting the Ferguson in Kenya.

"It is the family home of one of the earliest tea growers in Kenya. The farm dates back to 1910 and the present house, set admist colorful gardens, has been home to four generations."

Sunday Question Day

Top Three Questions of the Day

#1- How long are you here for?

#2- What's next?

#3- Are you adjusted yet?

Answer: I am here for a bit, visiting with friends and family. The adjusting is going well and I am very grateful for the help and grace everyone is giving me. The hardest part is not having a definite answer for everyone. I am waiting on the Lord and His plan for what is next in my life.

Empty Hands

Today I took a walk to the beach and felt the impact of empty hands now:

No jerry can of water to carry

No notebook and pen for class
No flashlight
No scratching bug bites
No swatting bugs
No shaking hands with everyone you meet

No child's hand slipping in yours as you walk

"Reverse" Culture Shock

• Stage one: Disengagement may happen before you leave your host country and often times occurs because of the pace of work, goodbye dinners. As a result, you begin to distance yourself from friends and host country nationals.
• Stage two: Initial Euphoria may also occur as a result of leaving your host country and returning to the US. This is where you may have formed idealistic views of home, and what will happen upon your return. You are happy to be home! This feeling of euphoria may last a few weeks, but may inevitably give way to feelings of loneliness.
• This is Stage three: Irritability and Hostility, which is the realization that life at home went on without you, and as you were learning new things and making subtle changes, they were too. You may feel that friends and family don’t understand or want to hear what you experienced abroad.
• Patience and continued reflection will lead to Stage four: Readjustment & Adaptation. You may see the world through a different lens now, but are quick to find that the cultural differences you once thought so great are, in reality, infinitesimal. You have learned to incorporate the changes you’ve made within yourself, into new goals and ideas that don’t negate your own culture’s norms and values. You have attained a balance between both cultures.