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Notes on Debrief

Last Saturday we had our first dual-team (i.e. including the Gulf Team) debrief from the Credo overseas mission teams…
Debrief is a vitally important part of short-term missions, but unfortunately something that has not been done by Credo particularly well in the past.
As far...

Posted: Aug 10, 06:06 | Comment

Some Thoughts on Re-entry: Practicalities

Last post addressed those re-entering their home culture, this one is a bit more practical for those supporting re-enterererererers (a hard word to know when to end)…

Be Prayerful:
Particularly for those who have returned from overseas Christian work, it is tempting...

Posted: Jan 23, 14:51 | Comment [1]

Some Thoughts on Re-Entry: People

The next ‘p’ in my reflections on re-entry is people. This is firmly at the ‘subjective’ end of the spectrum, so what follows are just a few of my own experiences and resolutions about interacting with...

Posted: Jan 19, 01:44 | Comment

Some Thoughts on Re-Entry (1)

The period of re-adjustment into one’s home culture (pretty much always called ‘re-entry’) has only become an area of discussion in the last few decades of missionary work. Having returned to Oz about a month ago, I think I’m sufficiently stabilised to throw a few thoughts out there on...

Posted: Jan 13, 02:06 | Comment [2]