Audrey Shoop- Topic of Choice 3

 A few weeks ago, my mother returned from a missions trip of sorts. She traveled to an orphanage in the mountains of Jamaica to help a good friend and learn about the life they live. Upon her return, she shared with me how it felt to travel that far and see the difference of living. She kept saying she felt changed, that she had figured something out about herself, and I told her she completed a spiritual journey. She has heard me talk about this class and understands the idea of a spiritual journey as she is quite the spiritual person herself. She did not experience any sort of physical strain or discipline but she did have all of the luxuries of her home life stripped away, leaving her freed from the village or marketplace. In her travels through the jungle, she feared for her life, which I think replaces the physical strain of a journey like a through hike. She said as she traveled she was reminded of what I had said about this course and even found herself wanting to ask the professor questions of what he thought of her journey. It was extremely timely and informative to hear about her travels as I gear up to complete this course and the final paper. 

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