Author Archives: texpatfaith

About texpatfaith

I'm a returned Christian expat living in Texas after several years residing in the Middle East and the South Pacific. I have the great privilege of writing about my experiences through the eyes of my faith, and to know and love my brothers and sisters serving in Christ's name all over the world. I have a special heart for the missionary community whom I now serve through the Missionary Care Team at my church. I am a writer, researcher, teacher, and archaeology enthusiast who also loves peering into the heavens any chance I get - but most importantly I am a wife, mother and grandmother who loves the Lord. "The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman." Elisabeth Elliott Shirley Ralston (MA Christian Education, Dallas Theological Seminary)

Jeremy and Ella Cole – Mosaic Church Dubai

Posted on July 11, 2020

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Serving in Spain – Vivian Ochoa, Member Care

Posted on June 26, 2020

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LOVING DEEP THROUGH THE UNKNOWN

Posted on June 12, 2020

Join me this week as we hear from Jenny Nuccio in Mombasa, Kenya. She writes about what it was like for her and the community she serves in those early days of Covid-19. Pray for Jenny, her family, their ministry … Continue reading →

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Four REAL Challenges for Single Women in Missions

Posted on February 12, 2020

Enjoy my conversation starter recently published on the Upstream Collective. https://www.theupstreamcollective.org/blog/four-challenges-single-women-mission-field

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Are You a Returned Global Worker? The Struggle to Re-engage is Real

Posted on November 25, 2019

“Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread. Through shadows to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, we’ll wander back to home and bed…” – … Continue reading →

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Caring Through Connection

Posted on August 7, 2019

https://www.imb.org/2019/08/07/caring-missionaries-connection-three-cs/ Caring for Missionaries through Connection: The Three Cs A perfect illustration of “out of sight, out of mind” is that of the missionary serving overseas. We have heard this refrain many times in our conversations with missionaries in our … Continue reading →

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Where Do Returned Global Workers Find Community?

Posted on July 19, 2019

Missionary Care: Providing a Place for Returned Missionaries to Gather

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12th Cave found at Qumran

Posted on February 10, 2017

Originally posted on Daniel B. Wallace:
My old friend and classmate at Dallas Seminary, Randall Price, was on the expedition that found the first Dead Sea Scrolls cave in over 60 years. Although no manuscripts were discovered, such were apparently there…

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Rightly Dividing Our Love for Country and Love for the World. Great Read from John Piper: Should Christians Be Patriotic

Posted on July 1, 2016

http://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/should-christians-be-patriotic Living among other cultures intensified my love for my own country. But it also clarified the difference between the love I feel for my homeland and the love I have for my brothers and sisters in Christ from all around … Continue reading →

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Great Read on Diversity from Dr. Mark Bailey, President of Dallas Theological Seminary

Posted on June 23, 2016

http://www.dts.edu/read/the-lord-loves-diversity-bailey-mark-l/

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