Someone asked me once to list all the cities I have visited since being diagnosed with cancer. I first thought, “No, I don’t really want to come across as bragging.” Later I thought, “My travels don’t even compare to people like Loren Cunningham and Arthur Blessitt who have told people about Jesus in every single country on the face of the earth.”
I do know this: there was a time in 2001 when I never thought I would go anywhere again. Our young family had taken two big trips (one to Russia and one to Israel) and I had taken individual weeks with Taylor to West Africa and Kinsey to Mexico. On each of those trips we had seen God work in amazing ways and we all enjoyed traveling.
But when our world turned upside down and life was very questionable, I had considered travel to be over. Even when a good friend called and told me of a vision God let him see of me going all over the world, I just rolled my eyes and thought, “Yeah, yeah.” (Thankfully my friend did not let my lack of faith dampen his.)
So don’t laugh if you think this is a puny list… and don’t think I am claiming to be Mr. Magellan, as I doubt God is too impressed with anyone’s passport. Just continue to give praise to God who often says to us, “Your thoughts are not my thoughts.” Most trips over these twelve years involved visiting missionaries or working with local Christians in their hometowns. Several trips involved weddings, in most of which I had a little role to play. May God receive glory in all our travels.
- Newark, NJ
- New York City
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Vienna, Austria
- Brno, Czech Republic
- Hawaii
- Los Angeles, CA
- Brno
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Tyler, TX
- Namibia
- Cape Town
- China
- Seoul, South Korea
- New York City
- Los Angeles
- Namibia
- Athens, Greece
- Israel
- Rome, Italy
- Tyler
- Hawaii
- Namibia
- New York City
- Rome
- Florence, Italy
- Venice, Italy
- Namibia
- Hawaii
- Los Angeles
- New Orleans, LA
- Boston, MA
- Namibia
- Sacramento, CA
- Brazil
- London, England
- Paris, France
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Boston
- Brazil
- Ecuador
- Israel
- Namibia
- Eugene, OR
- Ecuador
- Namibia
- Hamilton, VA
- Namibia
- Sweden
- London
- Oslo, Norway
- New York City
- Israel
- West Bank
- Ecuador
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9