Stephanie and George love to travel and have been blessed with being able to visit with fellow believers in several locations in the United States and abroad. Many tourists say that for them the highlight of travel is getting to know people of cultures different from their own.

 

Often, travelers come to appreciate that negative stereotypes about others are often not true. Their travel contributes to understanding people of other races and cultures and developing treasured friendships. A lesson impressed upon many tourists is that possessions do not necessarily make people happy. More important is one’s relationship with others—enjoying established friendships and making new ones.

 

An account in the Bible relates how the “human kindness” received from the “foreign-speaking people” of Malta benefited the first-century travelers who found themselves shipwrecked there. (Acts 28:1, 2) Visiting other countries and peoples today has helped many to realize that we are truly one human family and that we have the potential of living together on earth in peace.