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Top 5 Road Trips to Connect with Wonder
Top 5 Road Trips to Connect with Wonder

Wonder Voyage Executive Director Shawn Small reflects on his family’s tradition of road trips and highlights 5 great Wonder Voyage road trip options. Ready to travel? Wonder is closer than you think.

Growing Up Wonder Voyage
Video: Growing Up Wonder Voyage

Many churches return to Wonder Voyage year after year for another epic experience. In this short film, we follow one church as they prepare for their 14th pilgrimage.

Mission Trip or Pilgrimage
Mission Trip or Pilgrimage: A Definition

Short term missions has become big business. Wonder Voyage started twenty years ago because, at the time, a good number of trips through mission organizations were being carried out in ways that were were unnecessary, unethical, and in bad taste. The only pilgrimage offerings, at that time, were from travel agencies that booked a local…

The Birth of the Encounter Moment
The Birth of the Encounter Moment

The word Encounter was birthed on Wonder Voyage’s maiden trip 20 years ago. This is the story of how Shawn and Michael Fleming coined the term following a divine experience in a mile-long underground tunnel in Ireland.

Kelly Curry, Susan Curry, and Shawn Small
An Tobar Nua Book

In 2001, I was preparing to lead five groups from the United States to Galway, Ireland on pilgrimages. There was one big problem. Even though I had visited a good bit of Ireland, I’d never been to that part of the country. Through a mutual friend, I learned about Kelly and Susan Curry, a couple…

Swimming with Sharks

All eyes were on me, willing me to jump. The perception of danger was palpable enough that several people took out their cell phones, ready to record if the blue waters turned crimson. My pulse raced as I looked down to the dark shadows rocketing through the waters below me. As I stood on the…