Friends, I do not recommend launching a new book and starting a new ministry within eight days of each other. Any publicist would say, “Are you smoking crack?!”
But we know that God’s timing can be a little “ridiculous.” (I present as evidence: “build an ark before rain exists,” “marry a woman who will have affairs,” or “get pregnant, then married.”)
So, even though Global Trellis is already cruising towards being six whole weeks old, I’m super excited to share it with you!
I moved to China at age 27 with the plan to return to “real” life after two years. Enter the angelic laugh track. Eighteen wonderful years later—okay definitely sixteen wonderful years and a few that were iffy—I transitioned back to the US.
When I went to the field, it was with the best of intentions and far too much information front-end loaded for me to absorb. At that time, the only option was to spend weeks together in California learning about life in China.
And you know what, it worked. It really did.
Front-end loading worked because that was what was available.
But today we are accessing a fraction of what technology makes available. God has called us to his Great Commission, which truly is the call of a lifetime. But it is also ordinary, lonely, tedious, and involves laundry; all the while trying to spiritually, personally, and professionally grow, as we work to see the kingdom of God here on earth.
In a recent survey, 62% of cross-cultural workers reported a high tension between tending to their soul (being) and the work that they do (doing). In response to this tension, Global Trellis was formed. Like a garden trellis, Global Trellis exists to support cross-cultural workers where they are, allowing them to flourish and grow further than they could on their own.
What if exhaustion, creeping bitterness, and stagnant personal skills were replaced with refreshment, contentment, and growth?
This type of life truly is possible.
Global Trellis Helps in Three Ways
1. Monthly workshops
No travel time, no need to wait. You have access to training, support, and empowerment at your fingertips. A new workshop is added at the beginning of every month. For a small
This short video shows you what an AMAZING space my web designer built.
2. Articles
To foster refreshment, contentment, and growth as a steady drip, enter the Tuesday and Thursday articles. Tuesdays are called Soul Tending Tuesdays; every Tuesday you will receive an invitation, insight, spiritual practice, or suggestion that will allow you to tend your soul as a cross-cultural worker. Thursdays are Skill Building Thursdays and you will be offered tips, insights, and suggestions to help you personally and professionally develop. You can receive the articles here.
3. Quarterly challenges
Every quarter you can join in a free challenge designed to keep your “
One participant who completed it said, “I’ve been curious about how you’d be structuring these and this was skillfully done–effective but not overwhelming.”
Yay! Know any cross-cultural workers you could share the free challenge with? You can point them here to sign up.
Grow and Flourish Where You Are
You know how much I love books, so one of my personal favorites of Global Trellis is the library that contains resources both books and service providers. In the “book” section of the
You need a place for your soul to be breath, your head to be engaged, and your heart to stay tender. You need Global Trellis.
So, that’s if you wonder why I’ve been so quiet here in recent
Hi there friend. So obviously I keep your blogposts in my Inbox for waaaay too long but I don’t care. When I read your words they make me smile, so it’s totally worth the wait.
Congratulations on Global Trellis–what an amazing necessary resource.
I hope by now life is evening out a little, Ms. Overachiever.
Be well.
xo