Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Week 51 2013 Places to Go, People to See

We have been traveling most of our lives.  From the moment of our engagement on, seeing places we hadn’t seen before has been a priority.  I remember Una telling me that she had never been anywhere.  That statement is no longer true.  By the time we had retired we had been in every state in the Union.  However, we are a bit light on world travel, having only been to the two bordering countries, Ireland, and the western Caribbean islands of Cayman, Jamaica, and Honduras.  While there is still life in the body, there is hope in the heart that the Lord will bless us to see even more of the world.

Why do we like to travel so much?  Primarily, because we love witnessing all the intricacies of God’s creativity found on earth.  There is the history associated with many of the sights we visit.  The marvel of what mankind has been able to build is fascinating.  People.  Everywhere we go, we are blessed to meet wonderful people.  Meeting people and making friends, even those with whom we have limited time, are priceless.  Some of these have become friends while traveling the “information highway.”  It has been a joy to meet some of these face to face after a time.  We now have friends spread throughout the globe.

It is this final aspect of traveling that has given us pause to put the brakes on our traveling.  Even though we have friends all over the world, there are concentrations in two different locales, California and Texas.  That doesn’t, in any way, discount the feelings we have toward our dear friends in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Maine, Ireland . . . you get the picture.  Yet, it does offer some stability as we grow older.  You see, in these two places we have established church families that love us and care for us like no other.  These folks follow our travels and look forward to our return so we can once again be engaged in the ministries that we so enjoy.  From Men On a Mission to Monday Fun and Fellowship, we encourage and are encouraged in ways that no amount of travel can equal.

So, does this mean we will stop traveling?  No.  It does mean that we will probably travel less.  Remember, we still have people to see in other places, and there are still other places.  Happy trails!

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