As you look toward re-entry, here a few resources to keep in mind:
- Get connected with International Counseling Resources to do some re-entry sessions with a counselor.
- Consider doing a debrief with CIT or MTI. These sessions fill up quickly, so try to plan well in advance to attend one of these debriefs.
- DAR (Debrief and Renewal) program with Missionary Training Institute (www.mti.org) in Colorado.
- CIT's (Center for Intercultural Training) Debrief Retreat in North Carolina (https://cit-online.org).
| Reliant recommends all international missionaries read these resources when preparing to return to the U.S. after living abroad. |
International Re-entry Forgiveness Article
International Re-entry Managing Grief Article
Further recommended reading
Reliant recommends all international missionaries consider reading (as time provides) some of the following books when preparing to return to the U.S. after living abroad.
- The Art of Coming Home by Storti
- Re-Entry by Jordan
- Crossing Cultures by Burt & Farthing
- Coming Home by Lisech
- What Missionaries Need to Know About Burnout and Depression by Schubert
- Weary Warriors by Coffman
- Honorably Wounded by Foyle
- Third Culture Kid by Pollock & VanReken
For Supervisors and Sending Churches:
- Serving As Senders by Pirolo
- Too Valuable to Lose by Taylor
- The Re-Entry Team by Pirolo