Comments on: Five Minute Friday: Deep Breath

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 14 May 2011 13:30:46 +0000

Hi Hannah, thanks for the note! My husband and I were in Indonesia for five years teaching at an International School. So we definitely understand culture shock, although our situation is different from yours. It’s hard to leave a place that is home for something that feels foreign. For probably six months after we returned, I felt like a stranger in my “own” country. So give yourself grace and time to adjust. It helped me to look for things that I loved about the U.S., too…it kept my attitude (mostly) positive, although there were definitely days when it was tough!

I prayed for you this morning and will continue to do so. Where in the U.S. are you headed? And congratulations on graduating!

Blessings!
Mel

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 14 May 2011 12:09:43 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, PJ!

By: Hannah Ruth

Hannah Ruth — Sat, 14 May 2011 03:23:01 +0000

Hey Mel! This is Hannah…read your post from thegypsymama. Thanks for writing! Where had you been before coming back to the U.S.? I’m in China…grown up here as an MK. Graduating from high school this year. So will be moving on to life in the U.S. Which is pretty foreign to me…though I’ve been there several times.

thanks for writing. Blessed day!

By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 14 May 2011 02:00:37 +0000

Hi! Visiting from thegypsymama, and so glad I did! I enjoyed hearing about your year- it is the same time frame I was thinking of when I wrote. I hope the coming year continues to bless you:)