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Re-Entry: Identity



We are all searching and asking the question, “Who am I?”  Where do I find significance?  

How often do we define who we are by listing the things we have accomplished or achieved?  Demonstrating our significance and identity as being dependent on these lists of accomplishments and achievements. Then using these lists as though they were our credentials or resume for people to recognize who we are by what we have done. 

 

Throughout our whole life we put on various roles both informal and formal to help define who we are. Global Workers also have various roles to help define who they are both when entering a new culture and when in the process of re-entry often are struggling and wrestling with, “Who am I?”

 

Many Global Workers live abroad to be on mission with Jesus, being part of a cause for justice, love, and mercy that is bigger than themselves. The years abroad continue to shape and mold their identity, worldview, values, and beliefs in different and more intricate ways than if they lived those years in their own passport country. 

 

Some may have an identity crisis that is triggered upon re-entry because the many roles, titles, names, and responsibilities are stripped upon returning. The Global Worker is not the same person when they left to live abroad and may struggle and wrestle with identity because of being misunderstood, not able to share their story – being known. 

 

This is why having a community that understands these struggles can provide a space for Global Workers to share their experiences, find common ground, and to be known, and understood. Looking for a community that can understand you as you struggle and wrestle with, “Who am I?” Join 'Are We There Yet? Navigating Re-Entry' Facebook group.

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