Our Story

Born From a Need We Knew Personally

Compass Asia was officially incorporated in 2024, but the story began long before.

After 25 years of cross-cultural ministry in India and Malaysia, our founder, Rachel Chand, had seen firsthand how much missionaries carry behind the scenes—transition, loss, team conflict, betrayal, trauma, burnout, and sometimes spiritual wounds.

Missionaries become very good at continuing. They serve, lead, care for others, and meet the needs around them. But too often, there is no safe place to stop and honestly process what they themselves have experienced.

Rachel knew that reality personally.

Through her own seasons of pain, healing, and restoration, a new calling began to take shape: to provide the kind of intentional care she had often needed herself.

That calling became Compass Asia.

Compass Asia exists to provide missionaries and their families with confidential, intentional care through debriefing, trauma-informed care, biblical counseling, and opportunities for rest and renewal.

We believe missionaries need safe places where they can slow down, tell their story, process what they have experienced, and reconnect with God without fear, shame, or the pressure to have everything together.

Care shouldn't begin only when someone reaches a crisis. Our desire is to walk alongside missionaries throughout the journey—helping them serve with greater health, resilience, and longevity.

A Place Where You Don't Have to Pretend

Meet Our Founder

Rachel Chand is the Founder and Executive Director of Compass Asia. With nearly three decades of cross-cultural ministry experience, she understands the unique challenges missionaries, Third Culture Kids (TCKs), and ministry families face.

Rachel trained in biblical counseling through the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) and holds Level 2 Certification in Christian Trauma Care. Her additional training includes Inner Healing Ministry through NETS/Ellel Ministries in the UK, Basic Debriefing and Crisis Trauma Response through Le Rucher and the Exchange at the Cross model, and certification in TCK Debriefing.

Today, she brings together her years on the mission field, her own journey of healing, and specialized training to help create the safe, compassionate care Compass Asia was founded to provide.

You Don't Have to Carry It Alone

Whether you are preparing to go, currently serving, navigating transition, returning home, or realizing you need space to process what you have experienced, you don't have to wait until you're in crisis to receive care.

Sometimes the first step is simply having a safe place to tell your story.

We would be honored to walk alongside you.

Our Nonprofit
Compass Asia is a registered DBA of Chrysalis Care Ministries, Inc., a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We provide care, debriefing, training, and resources to support global workers and their families.