The Plan

It is interesting as you start planning a trip like this how God has things fall into place. We had a couple goals in planning this trip. The first goal is to see first hand the awesome things World Concern is doing around the world. Kurt's long time involvment with World Concern has instilled in us a desire to learn more and to experience how World Concern is changing lives in some tough areas. We knew that this would bring us to places outside the normal touristy spots, outside our comfort zone and will open our eyes to how a vast majority of the world lives.
The second goal was simple...we wanted to show the kids (and ourselves) new places, new people, different cultures; maybe even find a corner or two without a Starbucks! After many countless hours spent on Airtreks trying to plan the "perfect" itinerary that would fit in our budget we hit on a great combination.

We will start our trip by visiting SE Asia. We are exicited to travel in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. We will be able to visit many World Concern projects as well as spend time in Chiang Rai with friends Pete and Mary Quesenberry. We will continue our trip in Africa spending a short time in Kenya to see a bit of World Concern's microfinance projects then on to Zambia.We will spend time with friends of ours Dan and Tina Moyer and see some of their work with Grace Ministries. We will end the trip traveling in Greece and in Ireland. All with one little carry on backpack each! ( oops.....more on that later)

So that's the plan....until it changes!