Welcome to our first two-part series on someone I believe to be a very inspirational traveler. In this week’s article we will see how she got her start in experiencing other cultures, then check back in next week for details on her most recent and eye-opening trip to Africa. Beverly Peterson’s international experiences began when…
Beverly Peterson recently returned home from a 3-week humanitarian aid trip to Uganda, Ethiopia and Swaziland. This trip included time serving in a medical clinic removing Jiggers from childrens’ feet, volunteering at a school, gathering and taking hygiene kits to the places they visited, and so much more. During my conversation with Beverly, I asked…
Elisha Baker recently traveled outside her home country for her first extended stay last summer 2017. At the time, Ben and I were living in Cozumel, Mexico and she came to join us for a week. Prior to this trip to Mexico, Elisha had visited Mexico on a day trip over the border. “I wanted…
Lorna Kuehn, from the United States, began traveling outside of her home country at the age of 45 and is now going on 5 years of visiting new countries and experiencing new cultures. Her first trip abroad was to Italy back in 2015. She has now been back to Italy twice, experienced Austria, France, Germany,…
At the age of 20, Melissa participated in a month-long art history study abroad course in Europe “It was to immerse ourselves in religious history and art history because they are so closely tied together. So, in these places we were going to see a lot of museums, a lot of cathedrals and basilicas, and…
Jeremy’s story of how he began traveling is really special to me. Jeremy married into my family during the time that Ben and I had decided to move to France so I could study international business there. When I first met him, he was sure we weren’t going to like it, and according to him,…
Ryan began traveling with his parents as a kid throughout the United States. He says “It instilled this new curiosity in me. It’s always just been in my head that I was going to go far away from home. I was prepping for it all throughout high school, so when I finally got the chance,…
Camille, creator of Camille On The Go, started traveling on her first trip to Jamaica for her 5 Year anniversary with her husband. While she doesn’t consider this her first time really traveling, it is the trip that got her excited to travel more. She now has 3 kids and continues to travel including a…
Born in the United States Connor had his first experience traveling when he was seven. He and his parents went to pick up his sister in Bulgaria after she served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. With their sister acting as guide she introduced them to Sofia, the capital of…
Linda, from the United States, has been traveling for 30+ years. She and her husband Ben began traveling for the first time to simply get away from the cold of their home in Alaska. They planned a 3-week trip to Cabo San Lucas for her first trip out of their home country and have never…