Who We Are
Hi Calvary Family. We live and Europe and work all over the place. We have been part of Calvary since 1985.
Dr. Kelly and Dr. Michele O’Donnell are Christian Psychologists who have ministered full-time in the mission and humanitarian aid community for 22 years. They provide supportive counseling and debrieifing to mission/aid workers internationally. Kelly and Michele also teach and consult around the world with mission agencies on staff care/development. Their passion is to see healthy and resilient mission personnel/sending groups that are effectively focusing on Least – Reached People Groups (LPGs).
As psychologists in missions they have been honored for their work by the Rosemead School of Psychology and have published/edited numerous materials on the field of member care. Helping Missionaries Grow (1988),Missionary Care (1992), and Doing Member Care Well (2002) are three volumes that they have edited. Their two daughters are Celtic elves: Erin (aged 20, attending university in USA/Australia) and Ashling (aged 16, attending high school in Europe).
Photo one: Ashling and Erin reunited, May 2009 in Europe
Photo two: Two tulips in our garden.
Regions: International, based in Europe.
Email: MCAresources@gmail.com
Mission Support Team: Bill & Sue VanDerripe - bvanderripe@sbcglobal.net
Links:
1. See our weblog “Reflections and Resources for Good Practice”:www.COREmembercare.blogspot.com
2. See also the resources for personal and organizational health at our Reality Dose web site:http://MCAresources.googlepages.com/realitydose
3. Download/view for free the member care lectures Kelly gave recently at Fuller School of Psychology, “The Perils and the Perils” http://www.fuller.edu/academics/school-of-psychology/integration-symposium-2009.aspx
- 1. Staying Healthy in Difficult Places—Historical milestones in member care, listening to our global voices, and future directions for this field.
- 2. Promoting Health and Managing Dysfunction—Suggestions for developing healthy organizations and for safeguarding workers/senders in light of dysfunction.
- 3. Developing Guidelines for Good Practice—Ethical principles and human rights commitments to upgrade the work in member care and mission/aid.