Claire moved to Perth two years ago with a toddler, a husband starting a new job, and no church community to speak of. I sat down with her over coffee to talk about what it actually looks like to rebuild faith and friendship from zero in a new country.

Her honesty about the lonely first year — and the small, unglamorous things that eventually turned into real community — is exactly the kind of story this blog exists for. Guest interviews like this one remind me why we started The Garden in the first place.