Best known as our “web guy,” Jason Wendel has kept this community on the cutting edge of technology since Wonder Voyage’s inception. But there is a whole lot more to him than techy design. Jason is a modern-day explorer and pilgrim. This past year Jason ...

Wonder Voyage Guide: Michael Fleming Over the last twenty years, Michael Fleming has grown from client to board member to one of the most experienced Guides in Wonder Voyage. And his journey started before this organization even had a name. In 1999, Michael was a ...

It's coming. The tinge of excitement is building as pilgrims think about that new adventure. Someone is breaking in a new pair of hiking boots. Someone else is wondering how they will get all of that stuff into just one bag. Someone is wondering how ...

Our Guides are masters at taking traveling mistakes and creating a remarkable story from them. While we have collected tons over the years, three of these stories drive home the value of some of the most frequent travel mistakes: not double-checking your itinerary, overpacking, and ...

Whether it's a rash from ill-fitting clothes, blisters from bad shoes, or misery from forgetting a rain poncho, many lessons on the hiking trail are learned the hard way. Several of our Directors brainstormed their must-haves for any hiking pilgrimage. Before you zip up your backpack, ...

There is nothing like traveling overseas to expand your worldview. The face-to-face interaction with the people, culture, and food of a foreign country teaches more than a textbook or movie ever could. Serving internationally brings that cultural immersion even deeper. Love knows no language barriers. ...

I recently attended a Wonder Voyage communication team gathering at a local Dallas coffee shop. The meeting room we met in is nicknamed "the library" because of the sheer volume of books on the shelves, but every book spine faced the wall. Thousands upon thousands ...

Wonder Voyage partners with organizations around the globe so our clients who elect to add service projects to their pilgrimage can have a variety of options. We often ask the hosts we are serving to give us the jobs that nobody else will do. Whether ...

Leaving a legacy is about investing my time, energy, and resources into worthwhile projects that outlive me. As a writer and editor, this often means helping ministries take the ingredients of their story and crafting them so they can be shared with others. This storytelling ...

My husband and I have been involved with Wonder Voyage for over 15 years. A few years ago, certain obligations grounded me to my homestead. My husband, Brent, continued to travel with Wonder Voyage but I also wanted to be involved. But I wasn’t sure ...