tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324860522351083573.post5853886489329156725..comments2024-03-26T15:29:31.939+09:00Comments on on the edge of ordinary: Stress and missionariesWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882558757262419263noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324860522351083573.post-43090370892533271152014-12-05T12:17:45.797+09:002014-12-05T12:17:45.797+09:00Thanks J and J! The need for tune-ups, de-briefs a...Thanks J and J! The need for tune-ups, de-briefs and general member care for missionaries is being recognised more and more these days. On a practical side, though, it isn't so easy as an Aussie (see below).<br /><br />The thing that frustrates me about missions and various supports (be it TCK support, or ministries like you've mentioned above J), they are US centric. They happen in the US and their resources assume an American audience. As an Aussie who's never been there I feel a little out of it. And what about those who are on the field and with a little bit of help will be able to stay there, but it would be best if the help was field-based, rather than the disruption of moving state-side for help.<br /><br />Thankfully our family has come through fairly unscathed so far, not needing much in the way of services like these, although who knows how beneficial they may have been to us at various points (like in our first HA)?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882558757262419263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324860522351083573.post-92116849989784088742014-12-05T11:12:55.812+09:002014-12-05T11:12:55.812+09:00Well said! And to follow up on Jeanette's com...Well said! And to follow up on Jeanette's comment above, I personally have benefited from (and recommended to others) a ministry that provides "tune-ups" for missionaries and others in ministry. You can read more at alongsidecares dot net. I think it's a small but growing field of helping the helpers.<br />-Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958748515619017752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324860522351083573.post-57276819391595492962014-12-05T11:12:55.184+09:002014-12-05T11:12:55.184+09:00Well said! And to follow up on Jeanette's com...Well said! And to follow up on Jeanette's comment above, I personally have benefited from (and recommended to others) a ministry that provides "tune-ups" for missionaries and others in ministry. You can read more at alongsidecares dot net. I think it's a small but growing field of helping the helpers.<br />-Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958748515619017752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324860522351083573.post-84613135610304716182014-12-04T20:03:18.434+09:002014-12-04T20:03:18.434+09:00This morning at some very early hour just after th...This morning at some very early hour just after the sun rose (while feeding Rebecca) I watched the ABC big ideas on "Real Boys don't cry". It was talking about PTSD - and how important it is for them to get treatment. They are exposed to some of the very "ugly" side of human nature. What stressful times our combat forces go through. I was thankful to watch the program as it made me appreciate what they do all the more. So for missionaries to be on the scale of 600 as you mentioned Wendy, (though some of the stresses might be quite different) it sounds like it is important to be able to seek assistance periodically from trained people who have gone through some of the things that cross-cultural missionaries go through.Jeanettenoreply@blogger.com