Episode 133: Healthy Good-byes When Mission Workers Go to the Field
Jun 4, 2020
Ken Benson of MissionPREP suggests wise steps mission workers and sending churches can take to “say good-bye” in a healthy way when mission workers leave for the field. Ken describes what workers and sending churches often experience in the time leading up to departure for ministry overseas. Ken outlines principles and healthy practices to help navigate a worker’s transition to the field.What do you think of this episode?
Ken Benson gives leadership to MissionPREP, a program that helps prepare singles and families for cross-cultural service. MissionPREP offers training programs in cross-cultural life and ministry, language acquisition, and debriefing the missionary experience. In addition to his short-term missions experience, Ken and his wife Carolyn and their two daughters lived and ministered in Portugal for 13 years.
Show Notes:
- MissionPREP
- Third Culture Kids – David C. Pollock, Ruth E. Van Reken, and Michael V. Pollock
- Returning Well – Melissa Chaplin
- Episode 100: Returning Well: A Guide to Thriving After Serving Cross-Culturally – Melissa Chaplin
- Serving as Senders – Neil Pirolo
- Episode 027: How to Care for Returning Missionaries – Neil Pirolo
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