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Crossing Cultures Devotional Memoir

What’s your name?

“What’s your name?” I ask. And the man stumbles over his answer. 

Gives me one response. Then another. 

At first I think it’s miscommunication. I’m still learning culture and language, after all.

But soon I hear the story behind the struggle. 

His story. 

What’s your name? Image by Bady Abbas on Unsplash.
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Crossing Cultures Devotional Memoir

Best-laid plans

My mother’s response when things didn’t go as planned? 

I can hear it now. 

“The best-laid plans of mice and men…” her voice trails off. Not completing the quote from the poet, Robert Burns. 

But I know. And the words run through my head.

“…often go awry.”

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Crossing Cultures Making Disciples Memoir

Faithfulness

Faithfulness. My parents just celebrated a milestone. Their 66th wedding anniversary. 

Sixty-six years traveling together across oceans. Living in tropical urban centers and American towns. 

A journey marked by great joys. Victories.

And deeply painful losses. Hurts. Dark nights.

The thread running through it all? Faithfulness. 

Faithfulness.