Establishing a life overseas far from your family and friends can be both exciting and daunting.  There’s the adventure of experiencing a new culture, exotic foods, fascinating people, and breathtaking landscapes.  Yet there’s also the task of packing up your home. saying goodbye to family and friend s, and – once you arrive – navigating language barriers and cultural differences.  Leaving all that is familiar and branching out into new territory can be exhilarating and challenging all at once.

Never Away from His Presence offers encouragement to those living overseas by highlighting God’s abiding presence in the life of the ex-patriot and international traveler. As readers travel with Rachel to various countries, they will develop a better understanding of how God cares for us through His omnipresence.

But this website is not just for those who live overseas. It also counsels friends and family back home, when separation is especially difficult. When Rachel was unable to return home to console her family after  the death of  a loved one, God  proved that there is nothing we can do for our families that our Almighty God cannot do.

Through this devotional, the diplomat, the soldier, the missionary, the student studying abroad, the teacher overseas, the backpacker, the international businesswoman and businessman, will know that – though they are far from home – they are never away from His presence. And the mother, father, husband, wife, child, or friend who has a loved one overseas, will find comfort in God’s promise never to forsake His own, no matter the distance.