Traveling with a different perspective
By 2015 Shepherd of the Valley Traveler Bobbie Bainbridge I grew up in Tanzania, my parents were missionaries there for 25 years, and going back was naturally quite a different experience for me than for my fellow travelers. When you’ve grown up in a country, you become familiar with it. Some of the special aspects of it become ordinary. And so, I hesitated to take this trip. I really wondered how I could have the same exhilarating experience that so many others have had from Shepherd of the Valley. I knew I would not see the actual area where I grew up and so I did not expect to feel like I was back home. But I did decide the time was right and joined the second group in August of this year. And as we traveled, I was immediately enamored with the sights and smells and sounds that enveloped me. And I found my own intensely wonderful experience unfolding the very moment we stepped off the plane in Dar es Salaam. I picked this first picture to depict how