{"id":13714,"date":"2025-03-26T17:32:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T00:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13714"},"modified":"2025-03-26T17:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T00:32:37","slug":"book-worlds-here-and-there-a-handbook-for-international-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13714","title":{"rendered":"Book: Worlds Here and There\u2014A Handbook for International Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sources: Worlds Here and There<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Worlds Here and There: A Handbook for International Transition<\/em>, by Paul Snider and Donna Kushner, Lulu.com, 2024. 65 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve moved to another country, you know it can feel like entering a new world. Your culture, climate, and community all change drastically. And in transition, it can feel like you\u2019re stuck in between different worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This activity book provides ways to identify and process the differences between those worlds and helps the reader develop self-understanding, connect with their team, family, or community, and take steps towards healthy transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book includes six different activities, prompts for reflection, questions for discussion or sharing with others, and instructions for leading the main activity as a family or for a large group. It\u2019s meant for missionaries, military personnel, and international workers and can be used with families, individuals, and teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldshereandthere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more or buy the book<\/a> (US$15.99; paperback only). I have not seen the book myself, but it comes with good endorsements. Take a look. The authors serve TCKs\/MKs through Cru. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mk2mk.org\/resource-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out their MK resource list<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might also be interested in this collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/missionbooks.org\/collections\/preparing-and-returning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">books on preparing and sending missionaries<\/a> (William Carey Publishing) or this informative article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.remnantcounselorcollective.com\/resources\/84120\/when-counseling-missionaries-please-remember-these-six-things\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">When Counseling Missionaries, Please Remember These Six Things<\/a> (Jonathan Trotter, Remnant Counselor Collective).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources: Worlds Here and There Worlds Here and There: A Handbook for International Transition, by Paul Snider and Donna Kushner, Lulu.com, 2024. 65 pages. If you\u2019ve moved to another country, you know it can feel like entering a new world. Your culture, climate, and community all change drastically. And in transition, it can feel like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13714\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Book: Worlds Here and There\u2014A Handbook for International Transition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13715,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13714\/revisions\/13715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}