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• Comfort and Joy: A Sense of Belonging

  
  

  • By Tom Little
  • On December 7, 2015

  Editor’s Note: As part of our “Comfort and Joy” Advent/Christmas blog series, missioner Tom Little shares how he’s found joy through integrating more into the community where he lives and serves in Carmen Pampa, Bolivia. When I first arrived […]

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• Throwback Thursday: “A New Definition of Rural”

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On July 9, 2015

  Editor’s Note: In celebration of our 25th year of preparing and supporting lay missioners, we look back to our archives at a World Care newsletter from 2005 with an article from returned missioner Cecilia Marcy from […]

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• The Reality of Culture Shock

  
  

  • By Tom Little
  • On February 27, 2015

  Culture shock is definitely a real thing. I have been feeling culture shock everywhere I look since coming to Bolivia. Everything is different here—from the way that things look, the concept of time, family structure […]

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• Mission Monday: Why We Do Re-Entry

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On February 4, 2013

  Rhonda Miska, who co-facilitated two re-entry retreats at Franciscan Mission Service this January, talks about the importance of the re-entry process on returning missioners. Co-facilitator Rhonda Miska singing during morning prayer with returned missioners Catherine […]

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