Travel That Stays With You

It’s the people, I think. Or maybe it’s the experiences. Or something else or everything else. I’m struggling as I try to put my finger on precisely what, about travel, impacts me so significantly. I can’t point to just one thing. I just know that after every return home, I’m left with something valuable (and I don’t shop, so not souvenirs). Take this picture for example. These are ladies I met when I went to Dakar, Senegal. We participated in a women’s bible study together. There were at least 4 different languages represented in the small group of 12 or so women. The conversation was translated from French to English to Wolof and other tribal languages. It was at that moment that I saw, not our differences, but our similarities. We shared common concerns, challenges and joys. On a whole different continent, in languages I don’t speak, I met sisters who had hearts like mine. It’s experiences like these that the term Heart Journeys is born from. Travel that is more than a trip. Travel that is a journey of the heart.