It is really hard for me to know where to begin on this journey that calls me so often to go, be and do. Each part of the circle of missions near, and abroad has contributed to me being literally well rounded. The depth in which I am able to see things locally and the breadth in which I have been able to see things internationally brings me back into the circle at different places all of the time. It is within this complex world that I find the idea of “doing what you are called to do where you are called to do it” so important. At different points in my life, I have focused in different areas, and that is the nature of life itself, ebbing and flowing us to different areas and down different streams where we may stay for a while. Then all of a sudden, the current of life picks back up and takes us to a new place, a place unknown, a place where we have to resettle, refigure, and restate our ideas, hopes, and dreams, aware of our past failures, fears, and faults.

-from the Foreword

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Elizabeth Barnard is a random researcher, blogger, missions consultant, traveler, and a family oriented school nerd. She loves photography and tries to stay tuned in to see ways God shows up in the mundane and the amazing. To be on this journey with Him is her way of going away closer.