Never Home

Abby and Selah join us for Part 2 of TCK Sit-down. Today, we talk about how long we should pull the, "I'm not from here," card and also how to engage in conversation with non-TCKs. If you've got older TCKs, this would be a great one to launch some important conversations about acclimating to America.

If you've got middle school and older TCKs, have them sit down with you and listen. These college TCKs have some helpful tips on helping America to make sense.

We are backing up the truck today. Guys, there's so much good info in this sit down with Larry Cotton. He walks us through all the steps to buying a house. My one requirement I told my husband was, "I just want a house with a blue sky." He pity smiled and went on to visit 20 homes his first day looking with our Realtor. There are better ways, friends. And Larry is here to help us do just that.

Larry walks us through the initial days of the house buying process. He talks us through a few of the questions we can ask ourselves and our realtor as we get started.

Caitlin talks with me about going from small house church in Mongolia to mainstream church in Virginia can be hard, but not impossible. Also, how we have to decode American relationships just like we did in our other countries. I loved so much about what Caitlin shares with us in both these videos!

We moved to the States and slammed into Covid and Black/White relations. Moving to the States in 2013 for college, Caitlin Titus, has found herself surprised at the depth of complexity race relations hold in the US. This is part 1/2 with Caitlin as she shares what it's been like moving from Mongolia and Taiwan to a very racially tense America.

Author, Tanya Lyons, shares about her new re-entry devotional, "When Seasons Change." It walks through Mark and explores the different ways Jesus dealt with transition, change, and the people around him. I loved hearing her heart for helping others to process the totally flip in identities that happens when we move back to our passport countries.

I stalked this amazing women to the bathroom in Australia and she still offers to call me a friend. Claire Livingstone lived with her family in Switzerland for several years and is now training missionaries in Melbourne, Australia. She joins me today to talk about how transitioning urgently poses unique challenges and how it can feel like we are constantly buffering.

What things should we look for in a realtor? Why is having a trusted realtor important? For most of us, buying a house is intimidating and exhausting. Dad to, "The Twins," on Dude Perfect, Larry Cotton walks us through finding a trusted realtor and how to start the process of house hunting.