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TIP: Use a variety of creative approaches for this section.
Create a collage of photographs or other pictures to illustrate your network of significant relationships.
Draw a symbol (or collection of symbols) to represent each person – create a visual representation of your network of relationships
Draw a picture (no words allowed) that reflects your relationships
Use adjectives or color-words to describe your relationships
Compose a poem
WITH NATIONALS
WITH NATIONALS
How would you describe the relationships you have had with nationals? (Think in terms of national friends, neighbors, strangers, employers, co-workers, etc.)
List the relationships that you treasure, and that have had positive impact on you. (Think of your closest friends and co-workers, and include those people you don’t know well, but who have made a regular difference in your life, like the lady at the market with the beautiful smile, the delivery man who is kind to you, etc.)
What can you do to affirm, bless, and thank specific people in culturally appropriate ways as you say goodbye?
Do you want to maintain relationships after your departure? Can you do this? How might you be able to do this?
What have you learned through your relationships with nationals over your time here?
What have you enjoyed most in your relationships with nationals, and what do you value about them as people?
What have you found to be challenging (both positively and negatively) in your relationships with nationals?
List the relationships that have had been difficult for you. (These can include people you don’t know well, such as the neighbor who is consistently rude, the post office clerk whom you dread encountering, etc.)
Before your departure, what steps can you take to bless these people, in the spirit of blessing instead of cursing?
WITH EX-PATS (NOT COLLEAGUES)
WITH EX-PATS (NOT COLLEAGUES)
Who are the expats you have come to value the most during your years here?
Why do you value them (be specific)?
What will you miss the most about not being with them anymore?
What steps can you take to affirm these people for the ways they have touched your life in concrete and positive ways?
How might you bless them before you depart?
When do you want to do bless them in these ways? Put a date or timeframe into your calendar now.
WITH COLLEAGUES
WITH COLLEAGUES
What do you value about each one of your colleagues?
What do you value about your colleagues collectively?
What has been challenging (both positively and negatively) about working with your co-workers?
What are your favorite memories concerning working with others in your working group and/or team?
What were some of your low points together?
What are your hopes for these relationships? What might be concrete steps you can take to continue in these relationships?
Given what you have learned about your needs and limitations, what kind of people will you need on future teams (working groups) to be most effective? (That is, what experience, values, and giftings have been most helpful / complimentary and / or will be most helpful in the future?)
What do you want to affirm in each of your colleagues before you depart?
How can you bless your colleagues? Begin considering now…The more specific, the better! ☺
When do you want to do bless them in these ways? Put a date or timeframe into your calendar now.
IN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
IN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
How would you describe the present state of your relationships with the following?
Extended Family
Closest Friends from “Home”
Church Community/Communities
What positive/negative changes have occurred in these relationships over the time period that you have lived overseas?
What has contributed to these changes?
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