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six months: a relatively unedited take on moving countries half a year ago.

six months: a relatively unedited take on moving countries half a year ago.

by Kayla Norris | Aug 11, 2022 | International Travel, Loving Jesus, Prayer & Worship

We sing a lot.  I show up to an increasingly crowded room full of people I kind-of know, and we sing songs. Sometimes they’re songs about God’s holiness, sometimes we rant about how much we love him, sometimes he belts out how much he likes us, which is...
A Kiwi-American’s Guide to Reverse Culture Shock

A Kiwi-American’s Guide to Reverse Culture Shock

by Kayla Norris | May 30, 2022 | International Travel

This will not be a guide, in your traditional sense. It can’t be, because there’s a hyphen in my nationality.  Reverse culture shock, by definition: the collision of feelings (i.e. surprise, disorientation, confusion) experienced when a person returns to their home...
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: A Love Letter to International Travel

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: A Love Letter to International Travel

by Kayla Norris | Mar 21, 2022 | International Travel

Dear International Travel, Two years ago, the world shut down and I wrote a letter to you. I didn’t know when I’d see you again—I thought maybe two months, max. But somehow, I knew it could be longer. Much longer. I mean, I could leave if I wanted to. New Zealand was...

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