Debriefing and Re-entry Retreats

DEBRIEFING AND RE-ENTRY RETREATS:

Mission Training International offers Debriefing and Renewal (DAR) 6-day retreats for the debriefing of children and adults. It is advised that missionaries attend a DAR no earlier than 4 weeks after they return to America. They are offered monthly at The Hideaway in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Link Care Center

Link Care Center offers a one week re-entry retreat in Fresno, California, to help missionaries adjust to their return to the U.S.

Valeo

Valeo, formerly Godspeed Resources Connection, provides debriefing services in their offices in Columbia, South Carolina and online.

New Song Christian Counseling

New Song Christian Counseling offers debriefing with lodging in Alhaurin de la Torre, Spain.

Heartstream Resources

Heartstream Resources offers a residential counseling program and debriefing for cross-cultural workers in Liverpool, Pennsylvania.

From Mission to Mission

From Mission to Mission in Longmont, Colorado, offers re-entry workshops in various locations around the U.S. in either a two-day or ten-day format for missionaries who are leaving the mission field.

OSCAR

OSCAR is a British organization which offers a re-entry and debriefing service in Gloucester, UK

TRAIN International

Located in Joplin, Missouri, TRAIN International offers a five-day re-entry retreat either in person or online for adults and children.

Paracletos

Paracletos offers a five-day debriefing in southeastern Indiana to missionaries in transition.

Some organizations listed on the Counseling / Debriefing / Retreats page may also offer re-entry debriefing.

For information on re-entry for Missionary Kids returning to America after high school, see the information here.