Going Home-Home by GrubbyLittleHands

Bet you didn’t realize that this show had SEASONS just like a TV SHOW. HUH? Sami and Beth bring it back to basics in this tell all betwixt the two of them, about their fears and favorites, about going home-home and about this podcast, in about that order. “A Warning To Our Friends” What fears, do you ask? Well, about coming to a new American culture (ahem, coronavirus), reverse culture shock (what even is that, anyways?), how to reintegrate with old friends (what have YOU been up to for the last two years?), and reintroduce themselves as similar but different people (we've grown, y'all!)? Those are some of the fears. But you can use yer ears, and give us the hears, if you listen to this delightful season finale of a podcast! ...Going Home-Home is a conversation created by Sami Case and Bethany King, best friends who have lived and worked as teachers in Lilongwe, Malawi for the past 2 years. What started as a platform to inform friends and family back home of what was going on in their heads as they prepared to come back stateside, has transformed before their eyes into asking as many interesting people as they can find the question at the center of their hearts: Where is home-home? Sami Case (https://www.instagram.com/samicase) and Beth King (https://www.instagram.com/kingbeth) make this show. Justin Lee/Kid_Wonder (https://soundcloud.com/k1der/tracks)//(https://www.instagram.com/justinshungry/) makes the music. 

Sami and Beth affirm everything Riki is going through. Things are hard, that makes sense. Friendships aren’t being formed so easily? That makes sense. You’re confused about where exactly home-home is? That makes sense! Beth also brings up a brain-twister: can you be home-home at the same time as being home, if the whole idea of going "home-home" means you’re NOT ACTUALLY THERE??? IS THIS WHOLE THING SOME SORT OF CONSPIRACY??? Trust me, the more you think about it, the more confused and unclear things will become. Great! Sami Case (https://www.instagram.com/samicase) and Beth King (https://www.instagram.com/kingbeth) make this show. Justin Lee/Kid_Wonder (https://soundcloud.com/k1der/tracks)//(https://www.instagram.com/justinshungry/) makes the music. 

“Home is where you belong”Belonging somewhere involves knowing your purpose in the place where you live. What better way to find your purpose than seeing a need in your community and working to meet it?In this episode, Beth interviews Sylvia Howse, native Zimbabwean teacher who has made Malawi her home. Sylvia explains how she became passionate about art and began noticing the lack of art opportunities for kids in Malawi. She describes her vision for meeting this need by training other teachers and hosting art workshops using recyclables as materials for masterpieces!How do you stay motivated in pursuing your goals when things get tough? How do we rely on God to give us the qualifications to do what he has called us to do? How can expats help meet the educational needs in Malawi? All this and more on this special episode of Going Home-Home!Sami Case (https://www.instagram.com/samicase) and Beth King (https://www.instagram.com/kingbeth) make this show.Kid_Wonder//Justin Lee (https://soundcloud.com/k1der/tracks)//(https://www.instagram.com/justinshungry/) makes the music.

Moving overseas is difficult. Leaving the home you created overseas can be even more difficult. But you know what? You can always come back. “I knew the minute I was driving to the airport to leave I would probably come back.” In this episode, Sami and Beth talk to their friend Carson White, a Texan (Georgian?..Kansas-ian??) nurse practitioner who discusses her definition of home as someone who grew up moving around a lot as a military kid. She tells us about the audible call she heard from God on her first trip to Malawi as an undeclared college student, and how that made her want to go back and declare a major in medicine. How do you create deep friendships when you don’t know how long someone is going to be around? What part does learning the language play in helping you create deeper ties with the place you live? What does the call to come *back* to a place sound and look like after so much time? All this and more, on this Sunday’s episode of Going Home-Home. Sami Case (https://www.instagram.com/samicase) and Beth King (https://www.instagram.com/kingbeth) make this show. Kid_Wonder//Justin Lee (https://soundcloud.com/k1der/tracks)/(https://www.instagram.com/justinshungry/) makes the music. 

On this, the third and lengthiest installment (not a pity conversation at all, I’m serious!!) of our un-intentional and very enjoyable series with the Allison family, who we have had the absolute pleasure of becoming best friends with in our second year in Malawi, we talk to patriarch Matt (https://www.instagram.com/mattallison11/) about home-home. How do you find home as a sixteen-year-old after your parents’ divorce? How do you create a community out of what initially looks like nothing? What kind of people should be sent out to be missionaries? All this and more in another exciting episode of Going Home-Home by GrubbyLittleHands! Sami Case (https://www.instagram.com/samicase) and Beth King (https://www.instagram.com/kingbeth) make this show. Our friend Justin Lee/Kid_Wonder (https://www.instagram.com/justinshungry/) / (https://soundcloud.com/k1der/tracks) makes the music. Going Home-Home is a conversation created by Sami Case and Bethany King, best friends who have lived and worked as teachers in Lilongwe, Malawi for the past 2 years. What started as a platform to inform friends and family back home of what was going on in their heads as they prepared to come back stateside, has transformed before their eyes into asking as many interesting people as they can find the question at the center of their hearts: Where is home-home? 

In this episode, Sami and Beth talk to their newly stateside friend, Catherine Wilson, who lived with her family of 6 in Malawi for 7 years. They discuss the transition back to Arkansas, the blessings of Coronavirus, and how family and friends on both sides have helped through the years of movement.Pro tip: bring a Christmas tree with you where ever you move in the world. It really matters!Sami Casehttps://www.instagram.com/samicaseBeth Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/kingbethCatherine Wilsonhttps://www.instagram.com/mustardseedlife/https://catherinewilson.noondaycollection.com/about-me/P.S. Music in this episode was created by our famous friend, Justin Lee (https://www.instagram.com/justinshungry/)! Find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/k1der/im-watching-a-dream-ill-never-wake-up-from

As if we haven’t already had a plethora of exciting topics of discussion and guests, this continuation of excitement includes three young guests. Can you guess who they are?It’s Carson, Mary Grace and Elizabeth! Students of Sami and Beth’s, and the children of Episode 8’s special guest Catherine, this is a podcast commitment fulfilled and fun-filled!Listen along as we discuss the issues of internet, the joy of school (kids who like school???), and the meaning of home to a bunch of kids who kind of had no choice in the matter. An insightful and intelligent conversation, we hope it is as much a joy to listen to as it was to record.Sami Casehttps://www.instagram.com/samicaseBeth Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/kingbeth

In this very exciting episode, Beth and Sami did NOT have to kidnap their friend Catherine to be a special guest on the podcast. Long time listener, first time guest, Catherine shares about her journey to Malawi and what home means to her. P.S. We recorded it outside. Can you tell? Sami Casehttps://www.instagram.com/samicaseBeth Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/kingbethCatherine Allison:https://www.instagram.com/catherineallison

In this quarantine conversation, Sami and Beth discuss their top 3 most difficult moments, experiences, lessons from the past year and a half that they have been in Malawi. The conversation is not as negative as you might think, just reading the title. Sami Casehttps://www.instagram.com/samicaseBeth Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/kingbeth

Sami and Beth interview their friend Justin, a friend from Long Beach! Stay until the end for a special treat! #likecommentsubscribeSami Casehttps://www.instagram.com/samicaseBeth Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/kingbethJustin Leehttps://www.instagram.com/justinshungry

Uploading a file of me singing makes me unbelievably uncomfortable. So uncomfortable, that I know I need to change something about that. I love to sing, I sing all the time! But it makes me feel gratuitous and show-offish and cringey and self-absorbed. It is a place I know I can grow in. I have found a lot of meaning in imperfection, and I think that where you preach you have to preform, so here is something I recorded whilst practicing for the worship session I lead bi-monthly. It’s not perfect, but that’s the point. Here’s to self-confidence and doing something that scares the living daylights out of me!! Also, my computer broke, so this is what you get instead of a new episode sorryyyyyyy

In this lively episode, Sami and Beth discuss some of the first things they experienced in Malawi! From smells and bugs to the ways they felt teaching at first. Come join this in this wild ride! Wahoo!Sami Casehttps://www.instagram.com/samicaseBeth Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/kingbeth

In this episode, Sami and Beth discuss what tangible and non-tangible items and lessons they will take with them from Malawi back to their future lives in America. Sami Casehttps://www.instagram.com/samicaseBeth Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/kingbeth

In this episode, Beth and Sami discuss how God has been intentional and at work in their lives leading up to Malawi, and in their first year as missionary teachers.Sami Casehttps://www.instagram.com/samicaseBeth Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/kingbeth

In this episode, Beth and Sami discuss what they have learned about themselves over their past two years of living abroad in Malawi. From enneagram numbers, to amazon purchases, they tell all in this new episode about going home-home. Enjoy!Sami Casehttps://www.instagram.com/samicaseBeth Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/kingbeth

Sami and Beth are missionary teachers in Malawi who are getting ready to go home-home at the end of June. In their first official episode, they discuss why exactly they are leaving, as well as get on a tangent about what it was like to go home this past summer, and what they considered to be home-home then. It's a good one, folks. Listen up!Sami Casehttps://www.instagram.com/samicaseBeth Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/kingbeth

In this extra exciting first episode, Sami Case and Beth King introduce themselves and talk about what exactly "Home" means to them.Sami Casehttps://www.instagram.com/samicaseBeth Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/kingbeth