Wonder Voyage Staff

After a decade of working in parish youth and mission ministry, Shawn Small started Wonder Voyage. Since 2000, Wonder Voyage has led thousands of pilgrims to over sixty countries. Shawn is a storyteller, an award-winning filmmaker, and an author who brings the gift of engaging narrative to our journeys. Shawn is dedicated to creating voyages that give people abundant opportunities to encounter God’s gifts of wonder.

Ken Janke brings his 30+ years of business and pastoral experience to the Wonder Voyage team. His passion is missions, leadership development, and team-based ministry. He serves to steward the dreams of individuals and organizations. Ken is both a Voyage Guide and a long-standing board member.

Brent started his journey with Wonder Voyage while serving as a youth minister on a trip with his church. He now leads summer trips while working full time in the corporate world. As a board member and voyage guide, Brent always encourages us to seek adventure, take risks and become a part of a good story.

As a youth pastor, Michael Fleming embarked on one of our first voyages. Since that trip, he has joined our staff and became a Board Member. Michael serves as a full-time pastor in East Texas. He wants every location to come alive and every pilgrim to encounter God.

Jamie has been involved with Wonder Voyage since her years in youth ministry over a decade ago. Though she has led Wonder Voyage trips, her focus is serving as the Legacy Director. Jamie loves uniting Wonder Voyage supporters with opportunities to give to our service partners around the world.

Dr. Michael Damiano has been with Wonder Voyages for over a decade. His medical missions to remote areas and mountain climbing adventures on five continents demonstrate his diverse experience. His mission as a guide is to immerse his teams in local culture and to avoid the beaten path at all costs.

Cheryl is a business administrator extraordinaire. Years of office management experience and a love for seeing a staff grow in strength has trained Cheryl for this challenging experience. If you have a question about paperwork, payments or billing give Cheryl a call. She is the wife of Wonder Voyage director, Shawn Small.

After graduating with a dual degree in History and Sociology, Molly Wren became a youth minister in the Episcopal Church. She joined the Wonder Voyage staff in 2003. As Senior Voyage Coordinator, she trains and leads our team of Coordinators. She is dedicated to bringing the gospel to life through pilgrimage. Molly’s unique skill as an encounter expert allows her to find the story of God anywhere and everywhere, making her an invaluable part of the team.

Shane Small’s passion for pilgrimage and travel ignited after a Wonder Voyage to Ireland in 2003. While keeping up with his corporate responsibilities, he leads trips during his spare time. Shane’s gift is introducing his teams to the local culture through unique experiences.

After serving with YWAM for 15 years, César Ausejo founded a travel company, RAMAS, and World Connect, a translation company working with English to Spanish Christian literature. César coordinates and leads voyages in Central and South America. He lives in Lima, Peru.

After teaching high school, Susan Damiano served as Coordinator of Youth Ministries in a local parish for twenty years. Susan loves traveling and experiencing the wonder the youth experience when exploring new locations. Her gift is the ability to examine faith development with young people, especially on pilgrimages and mission trips.

Brett Boyd has been involved in youth ministry for over 25 years. As an adventurer and outdoor enthusiast, Brett loves to see young people discover their faith through travel and cultural immersion. He has led trips worldwide and witnessed transforming miracles in the pilgrimages he’s led.

Mike Flickinger had just graduated high school when he embarked on his first pilgrimage with Wonder Voyage. He encountered God in Ireland and wanted others to have the same experience. This has given Mike a unique perspective on leading trips, which he does with flair.

Mary Ann became acquainted with Wonder Voyage when she served at a church that has worked with us for years. After planning trips with WV for over a decade, we finally convinced her to come to join as a Voyage Guide. With sixteen years of youth ministry experience and her position at a large missions organization, Mary Ann is well suited as a guide. She is known for her keen insight and ability to hear the hearts of those she leads on her voyages. When you go on a voyage with Mary Ann, you return with a friend.

When Antonio Duarte was sixteen, he had a life-altering encounter with Christ while on a mission trip to NOLA. He has been a guide with Wonder Voyage for over 25 years. His unique gifts in business, management, exploration, and faith exemplify his role as a Voyage Guide. He is our only staff member who has finished the entire Camino de Santiago.

John Spencer lives in Ireland and runs a retreat center. He has years of experience in adventure trips, Irish history, and Celtic Christianity voyages. Four decades of active ministry in the Irish church allowed him to inspire and encourage the groups that travel with him. To travel with John is to know laughter, community, and communion.

Jordan Jackson was a pilgrim on his first Wonder Voyage as a college student. With twenty years of youth ministry experience, Jordan has led mission trips and pilgrimages with Wonder Voyage to many amazing foreign and domestic destinations. Leading these trips is one of his favorite ways to help students and adults see the world and its people as God sees them.

Chris first experienced Wonder Voyage on an Exposure weekend. Chris’ love for adventure and laughter led him to join the Wonder Voyage community where both were abundant. He has a genuine love for young people and has been in youth leadership roles for over a decade. Chris longs to help others realize God’s love for them and for all people.

Eric Neubauer came to Wonder Voyage with a passion for people. He has worked with the poor, orphaned, and displaced in 15+ nations. With years of pastoral, mission, and liturgical experience, Eric has been invaluable in creating meaningful service-based mission trips around the globe. A Wonder Voyage with Eric is a chance to witness unending energy, joy, and spiritual passion.

After getting a taste of adventure on a Wonder Voyage trip in 2003, Georgia left her teaching and young adult leadership positions to pursue a life of servanthood on pilgrimage. She has been leading trips domestically and abroad since 2004. Her heart for “the least of these” is where she feels most connected to God’s kingdom. She brings her knack for attention to detail and love for Christ to every trip.

Jason was one of the three brave souls to join us on our first pilgrimages to Ireland in 2000, making him the longest standing staff member of Wonder Voyage. Though Jason spearheads the huge responsibility of our web site, his greatest love is the adventure of traveling around the world and serving those who are in need. Jason’s specialty is easing groups into the travel experience.

A passion for exploring the world and her faith brought Laurel Coote to Wonder Voyage. She is an Episcopal Priest who serves as Rector at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Carmel, California. Laurel is a certified spiritual director who finds connections to the Holy in nature, music, travel, and shared laughter with family and friends.