The long view

I'm told that living in a culture not your own is stressful. I guess I'll find that out for myself soon enough. A missionary who spoke to us at college last week counsels new missionaries to perform at maybe 70% of what they're capable of. That way they'll be able to not only deal with the day-to-day stress of being in a new place, but they'll also have energy left to cope when something more major happens.


H/T Ros