Article May 3, 2004 Issue

Afraid to travel abroad?

Two American tour hosts share some of their experiences in and around the Middle East

By Nancy Fischer By Olene Carroll

'You're going on a trip where? Isn't it dangerous?" This has been a typical response when people have heard about my plans for the 15 Biblical tours I've co-hosted with Olene Carroll to Israel, Jordan, Greece, Turkey, and Egypt since 1995.

My response to such inquirers is often, "Well, it depends on what your purpose is. I believe that if one's purpose is good, one can expect to travel 'under the shadow of the Almighty'" (Ps. 91:1).

In praying before conducting a tour to clarify my own spiritual purpose for going, I've loved this reassurance from Science and Health: "Spirit, God, gathers unformed thoughts into their proper channels, and unfolds these thoughts even as He opens the petals of a holy purpose in order that the purpose may appear" (p. 506).

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