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We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: your home assignment has the capacity, when properly understood and planned for, to breathe new life, courage, and conviction into your soul that enables years of fruitful work. On the flip side, because of poor expectations (dreading it or imagining America will be some new-creation utopia), it has the capacity to disappoint, frustrate, and wear you down as you spend several months away from your new home, living like a nomad, becoming disoriented by how your friends and church have changed. We want the first narrative to be your story, and to that end there are several resources you should check out.:

• HMA Prep Workbook
• “Home Assignment” course in LEARN (email us to request access to this course)
• Furlough planning timeline

This guide is intended to help you flourish in your upcoming furlough by preparing you to prepare for and maximize the opportunities for MTD that your time stateside affords you.

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