Kelli Nelson and Don McCrabb led this webinar on September 10th to help people give voice to their mission experience and frame their mission story for a wide variety of audiences. We learned how to engage our listeners, as well as reconnect with our mission experiences, reflect on them, and articulate them.

Access the slide deck used in the webinar here. 

Not able to make it for the webinar? Want to watch it again? Access the video recording below!

Kelli Nelson would like to share the following downloadable worksheets with all those who attended - or wished to attend - the webinar. 

Gifts of the Journey

Remembering the Journey

Remaining Faithful
 

Want more? Check out these From Mission to Mission publications focusing on missioner reentry and short-term missions. These guides share insights from decades of experience with those returning from a time of living and serving in another culture.


Returning Home: A Guide for Missioners and Volunteers in Transition
This book offers suggestions, reflection guides, and support for the person experiencing the process of transition, from the time of preparing to leave through their return and readjustment to their home culture. The book offers a deeper understanding of the transition process, exercises for personal reflection and processing, important reminders, and tips for storytelling.

 

Welcoming Them Home: A Guide for Families and Friends of Returning Missioners and Volunteers
This book is intended to help those at home better understand the experience of re-entry and offers suggestions for helping make this time of transition life-giving for those returning and for their receiving community. It includes information about re-entry, transition, and practical advice for those at home who want to support their loved one. 

 

Finding Life After Trauma: A Guide for Missioners and Volunteers and Those Who Care for Them
This book offers resources for volunteers and missioners, leaders of mission sending organizations and religious communities, and those at home who want to better support their loved one who has experienced trauma. Including information and learning about trauma, practical suggestions and tip sheets, and emotional and spiritual practices, the guide helps equip those who have experienced trauma with the internal resources they need to heal and thrive. 
 

Understanding Short-Term Mission: A Guide for Leaders and Participants
This guide offers support and learning for those who lead short-term mission programs as well as for the participants. Topics include understanding mission, practicalities for leaders, a comprehensive tool kit for reflection and spiritual practice, and a series of essays sharing wisdom from experienced leaders of short-term mission experiences.

Remaining Faithful: A Guide for Reflecting on Short-Term Mission Experiences
This guide offers a series of exercises for reflection, integration, and prayer following a short-term experience in another culture. As increasing numbers of people participate in short-term mission, this book offers practical tools for integrating the experience as part of a lifelong commitment to service. The exercises can be used by individuals or groups to guide regular, structured reflection for one year following the short-term service experience.

For additional information or support, visit the From Mission to Mission website.