{"id":313,"date":"2017-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/travels\/2017\/06\/20\/travel-ahead-why-the-need-is-greater-than-ever\/"},"modified":"2017-12-27T21:20:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T21:20:50","slug":"travel-ahead-why-the-need-is-greater-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/travels\/2017\/06\/20\/travel-ahead-why-the-need-is-greater-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Ahead: Why the Need is Greater Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Full Image&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/salkantay-summit2-e1497921652960.jpg&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.51&#8243; background_blend=&#8221;darken&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.51&#8243; background_position_1=&#8221;top_left&#8221; 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And what I\u2019ve learned, more than any other lesson from all of my travels, is that each and every community is filled with good people and that they have something to teach me that I could never guess.<\/span>\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\"Row\" make_fullwidth=\"off\" use_custom_width=\"off\" width_unit=\"on\" use_custom_gutter=\"off\" custom_padding=\"50px|||\" padding_mobile=\"on\" allow_player_pause=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"off\" make_equal=\"off\" parallax_1=\"off\" parallax_method_1=\"off\" column_padding_mobile=\"on\" custom_padding_tablet=\"17px|||\" custom_padding_last_edited=\"on|tablet\" background_position=\"top_left\" background_repeat=\"repeat\" background_size=\"initial\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_image admin_label=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_1665.jpg\" show_in_lightbox=\"off\" url_new_window=\"off\" use_overlay=\"off\" animation=\"fade_in\" sticky=\"on\" align=\"left\" force_fullwidth=\"off\" always_center_on_mobile=\"on\" border_style=\"solid\" _builder_version=\"3.0.51\" \/][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Caption\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\" text_text_color=\"#363636\" border_style=\"solid\" text_font=\"PT Serif||on||\" text_font_size=\"16\" text_line_height=\"1em\" custom_margin=\"20px||0px|\" _builder_version=\"3.0.51\"]\r\n\r\nEllen (ROHS Class of 2010) works with a student in Limtambo on the 2010 trip to Peru\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\"row\" make_fullwidth=\"off\" use_custom_width=\"off\" width_unit=\"on\" use_custom_gutter=\"off\" custom_padding=\"0px|||\" padding_mobile=\"on\" allow_player_pause=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"off\" make_equal=\"off\" parallax_1=\"off\" parallax_method_1=\"off\" parallax_2=\"off\" parallax_method_2=\"off\" column_padding_mobile=\"on\" background_position=\"top_left\" background_repeat=\"repeat\" background_size=\"initial\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_3\"][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"2_3\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text #3\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\" max_width=\"620px\" text_font=\"PT Serif||||\" text_font_size=\"20\" text_text_color=\"#363636\" border_style=\"solid\" custom_margin=\"30px||0px|\" text_line_height=\"1.5em\" text_font_size_last_edited=\"on|tablet\" _builder_version=\"3.0.51\"]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is one of the ideas I\u2019ve tried to relate to our next group of 14 Royal Oak High School Interact students as we prepare to travel to Cusco, Peru, for a week of service and a week of trekking the Malaga High Pass in the Andes. We have received our itineraries, prepared for our service experience at Ninos del Sol orphanage, and broken in our hiking boots across Michigan park trails; but whatever we plan, Peru has its own agenda--if only we are open to hearing it.<\/span>\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\"Row\" make_fullwidth=\"off\" use_custom_width=\"off\" width_unit=\"on\" use_custom_gutter=\"off\" custom_padding=\"50px|||\" padding_mobile=\"on\" allow_player_pause=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"off\" make_equal=\"off\" parallax_1=\"off\" parallax_method_1=\"off\" column_padding_mobile=\"on\" background_position=\"top_left\" background_repeat=\"repeat\" background_size=\"initial\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#aeaeac\" show_divider=\"on\" divider_style=\"solid\" divider_position=\"top\" hide_on_mobile=\"off\" \/][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Custom Quote Box\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"center\" text_font=\"PT Serif||||\" text_font_size=\"48\" text_text_color=\"#363636\" border_style=\"solid\" custom_margin=\"16px||30px|\" text_line_height=\"1.3em\" text_font_size_last_edited=\"on|tablet\" text_font_size_tablet=\"38\" max_width=\"900px\" _builder_version=\"3.0.51\"]\r\n\r\n\"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every community is filled with good people, and they have something to teach me that I could never guess.<\/span>\"\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=\"Divider\" color=\"#aeaeac\" show_divider=\"on\" divider_style=\"solid\" divider_position=\"top\" hide_on_mobile=\"off\" \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\"row\" make_fullwidth=\"off\" use_custom_width=\"off\" width_unit=\"on\" use_custom_gutter=\"off\" custom_padding=\"17px|||\" padding_mobile=\"on\" allow_player_pause=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"off\" make_equal=\"off\" parallax_1=\"off\" parallax_method_1=\"off\" parallax_2=\"off\" parallax_method_2=\"off\" column_padding_mobile=\"on\" background_position=\"top_left\" background_repeat=\"repeat\" background_size=\"initial\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_3\"][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"2_3\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text #4\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\" max_width=\"620px\" text_font=\"PT Serif||||\" text_font_size=\"20\" text_text_color=\"#363636\" border_style=\"solid\" custom_margin=\"30px||0px|\" text_line_height=\"1.5em\" text_font_size_last_edited=\"on|tablet\" _builder_version=\"3.0.51\"]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abby VanHaitsma (Class of 2019) expresses what I think many of us feel. \u201cI\u2019m feeling very excited, but nervous that the kids won\u2019t like us! 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