3 Gifts of Reconnecting
Aug 30, 2021 1:07:05 PM Sarah Rymer China, Community Development, Children, Families, Living Overseas, Relationships
After 75 hours of travel with COVID restrictions, 3 kids under the age of 5, and 8 bags, we landed in the U.S. for the first time in 3 years feeling stunned, excited, exhausted, and overwhelmed.
How a Professional Community in Jordan Weathered the Pandemic
Aug 24, 2021 10:28:53 AM Sarah Rymer Jordan, Education, IDEAS projects, Relationships, Learning, community, Transformation
“To see transformed lives in communities of contagious hope” is IDEAS' vision, but what does community look like in reality?
How Sports Bring Cultures Together
Jul 20, 2021 10:32:34 AM Sarah Rymer IDEAS projects, Living Overseas, Relationships, Culture, community, Multiple Locations
After the Covid hiatus, international sports are back, and I’m enjoying them even more after numerous cancellations this past year resulting from the global pandemic. I’m aware now, more than ever, how much I love being connected to the rest of the world through sports.
God of Loss and Love
Jun 29, 2021 10:28:38 AM Sarah Rymer Hope, interesting people, Life, Living Overseas, Love, Relationships
Yesterday I unexpectedly found myself by a lone bench on an empty ocean front. A boat was just off the shore, solitary but securely anchored in the sea. I ached with the unexpected beauty, the symbolic solitude of the boat. I felt like this boat.
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Jun 22, 2021 8:39:32 AM Sarah Rymer Education, Hope, Life, Relationships
There is a difference between satisfaction, joy, and contentment. I have rarely been satisfied in my life. Unsatisfied with choices, unsatisfied with circumstances, unsatisfied with people, and mostly unsatisfied with myself.
4 Tips to Transition Well
Jun 14, 2021 11:04:34 AM Sarah Rymer Tunisia, Hope, Life, Relationships, Tips, community
This season of life is a time of transition for many of us as the school year ends, as life opens back up, as new opportunities become available, and as many people relocate. Any transition involves ending one chapter well in order to step into a new beginning.
Although the pandemic outlook in the U.S. is optimistic as restrictions are rapidly loosening, many parts of the world remain in crisis.
6 Ways to Encourage from a Distance
May 3, 2021 11:14:44 AM Sarah Rymer Families, Hope, IDEAS projects, Life, Love, Relationships, Tips, community
To encourage means to make strong, to hearten, to give courage and hope to someone. Who in your life needs courage and hope today?
The Value of Unproductivity
Mar 29, 2021 12:01:34 PM Sarah Rymer Jordan, interesting people, Life, Living Overseas, Relationships, Culture, Transformation
Life is full of encounters that mold us and mature us. For me, experiences that have molded me and matured me are often accompanied with humility.
3 Reasons Why I Joined IDEAS
Jan 25, 2021 9:35:30 AM Sarah Rymer IDEAS projects, interesting people, Life, Relationships, Learning, community
I feel incredibly privileged to be with IDEAS! My husband and I joined IDEAS in 1999, specifically because we embraced its vision to see transformed lives in communities of contagious hope.