{"id":2149,"date":"2016-10-09T22:26:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T22:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/09\/diamonds-in-the-dump-a-look-at-culture-shock-part-2\/"},"modified":"2016-10-09T22:26:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T22:26:23","slug":"diamonds-in-the-dump-a-look-at-culture-shock-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/2016\/10\/09\/diamonds-in-the-dump-a-look-at-culture-shock-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamonds in the Dump&#8211;a look at Culture Shock&#8211;Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just knowing that the process of acculturation is normal and that <strong>Culture Shock<\/strong> will naturally pass on its own is an encouragement! But how do you walk \u201cthrough the glass\u201d without getting hurt? Having a strategy \u00a0will not only get you through the dark time of culture shock, it will enable you to live a healthy, balanced life in your new home and have a successful ministry for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>May I share the strategies that helped me? These strategies have to do with relationships. Let\u2019s start with the most important one, the one that brought you to this place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nurture Your Relationship with God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You would never have left your homeland had it not been your Father\u2019s idea in the first place. So, nurture your relationship with Him. \u201cDouble up\u201d on your time alone with God. Nurture the intimacy between you and Him.\u00a0 Spend a lot of time in thankful prayers, pondering over God\u2019s grace and blessings. Why? Because you are God\u2019s child and your relationship with Him is long term. You may have come to this country to serve a \u201clong term\u201d but it is a relatively short time compared to the \u201cforever\u201d commitment God has with you! Pray prayers of blessing and protection for your children as you tuck them into bed each night. They will feel all safe in your love and in the arms of Jesus. You need that, too, and you\u2019ll find a sense of security and shelter as you linger in the Word and in prayer as God\u2019s child each evening yourself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/the-stages-of-acculturation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stages of Acculturation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just knowing that the process of acculturation is normal and that Culture Shock will naturally pass on its own is an encouragement! But how do you walk \u201cthrough the glass\u201d without getting hurt? Having a strategy \u00a0will not only get you through the dark time of culture shock, it will enable you to live a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10,12,133,134,135],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldsobright.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}