This is the current itinerary for our upcoming whirlwind tour of the US. If you are in any of these locations, or somewhere close to the line we would take between two of them, contact me if you’d like to involve us in a community service project or set up a writer’s gathering. Also, for more blog posts related to our trip, click HERE:
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Writers I Hope to Meet Up With &
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Arrival |
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| Gettysburg |
2/15 |
Jake and Shawna Lewis;2/16: Free writer’s gathering at Freedom Valley Church in Gettysburg |
| Leesburg |
2/17 |
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| Harrisonburg |
2/20 |
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| Bremo Bluff, VA |
2/21 |
Andi Cumbo; Cleaning up and tending to a graveyard where slaves were buried. |
| Charlotte, NC |
2/24 |
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| Savannah, GA |
3/1 |
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| Jacksonville, FL |
3/5 |
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| Gainesville, FL |
3/6 |
Tamara Lunardo |
| Orlando, FL |
3/8 |
Stacy Barton |
| Sarasota, FL |
3/12 |
Free writer’s gathering with Eric Wyatt and others in Sarasota on 3/15 |
| Atlanta, GA |
3/23 |
Work with World Relief |
| Nashville |
3/28 |
Killer Tribes Conference |
| Memphis |
4/2 |
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| New Orleans, LA |
4/4 |
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| San Antonio, TX |
4/9 |
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| Austin, TX |
4/12 |
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| Dallas |
4/16 |
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| Tulsa, OK |
4/17 |
Jennifer Luitwieler |
| Amarillo, TX |
4/23 |
Possible writer’s gathering with Jason Boyett |
| Grand Canyon National Park |
4/26 |
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| Pasadena, CA (via Hoover Dam) |
4/30 |
Talk with graduates from Messiah College and the Los Angeles Film Studies Center, arranged by Heather Hric Fishman |
| San Francisco |
5/4 |
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| Yreka, CA |
5/7 |
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| Portland, OR |
5/8 |
Ben Emerson; Work at a homeless shelter |
| Seattle, WA |
5/10 |
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| Spokane, WA |
5/14 |
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| Yellowstone National Park |
5/15 |
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| Bighorn National Forest |
5/21 |
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| Mount Rushmore Nat’l Memorial |
5/23 |
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| Sioux Falls, SD |
5/25 |
Michelle DeRusha |
| Kansas City, KS |
5/27 |
The House Studio |
| Springfield, MO |
5/29 pm |
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| Geneseo, IL |
6/1 |
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| Chicago IL |
6/4 |
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| Daviess County, IN |
6/6 |
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| Troy, OH |
6/11 |
Meet Joy Bennet; Meet Ed Cyzewski; Meet David Nilsen; Do whatever we can to help Doma International fight human trafficking |
| Charleston, WV |
6/14 |
Alise Wright |
| Lancaster, PA |
6/17 |
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So I’m between Charleston & Lancaster. And Charleston is not a far drive for me at all. And if I have a gig on the 16th, I’ll drive down to Charleston to see you there. I’m not missing you rolling through again!!!
Alise, we’d love to visit your church on the 17th and perhaps do a writer’s gathering on the evening of the 15th or 16th, if you can pull some people together. Whatever the case, we will definitely make a point of meeting up with you.
Troy Ohio, eh? What’s there? We have to get you over to C-Bus sometime for a writers meet up! I’m not sure what we’ll be up to, but I will keep your trip in mind if I can swing it.
Thanks, Ed. Would be great to meet in person. We will definitely be going through C-bus – we’re hoping to volunteer with an agency that fights human trafficking (it’s called Doma and it’s run by some friends of ours) right there in C-bus. As the dates draw closer, let’s stay in touch.
Awesome. I’m glad you’re passing through. I’ll do my best to make it happen.
Hey Shawn,
Tanya knows a lot of people at the YWAM base in Orlando, FL if you are interested. I’m sure they have some opportunities for you to serve. Also, do you know Ron and Nancy Good? I know Nancy reads your blog so she may see this, but they live in Memphis and are good, good people. I also have a friend in Portland, OR who is a youth leader – and he’s very passionate about helping the homeless, etc.
Oh and there are these weirdos who recently moved to Springfeild, MO – but you’ll probably want to avoid them at all costs…
Shoot me an email or call or whatever if you want me to connect you with any of these people. We should get together again before you head out! If you have any time between now and then.
Some great ideas there, Clint. Let’s touch base soon and hang out sometime before we leave. I’ll have my people contact your people.
Guess what… I’m running the Princess Disney Half-marathon in Orlando on 2/26 and I plan to stay in the sunny south for two weeks and I’m in the process of finalizing some speaking gigs in that area. One is finalized at Orlando Public Library on 3/10.
That’s awesome, Janet! I will definitely try to be there!
That’s kind of you Shawn… while I’d love to see you at the library… you might want to meet folks that aren’t from PA when you are traveling around the country.
YES!! I finally had a chance to check out your itinerary, and saw that you will be in GENESEO!!! WOO-HOOO!!!!! Let me do some checking… That would be a great time to do a cool project with our youth group… maybe at the pregnancy crisis center in the quad cities. So excited to see all of you!!!!!!
I will let you know what we come up with.
Love to you all~
Troy, Ohio.
In May and June (not sure of dates yet) we will be receiving 35,000 books for our program that will be sending out to children. Possibility that the kids could help with sorting and who knows what at the moment.
Awesome, Mike. Let’s stay in touch, and if we can help, we’ll make it happen.
You probably know this, but I just wanted to make sure: I’m actually in Lincoln, NE, not Sioux Falls, SD. I think I would be on the way between Kansas City and Sioux Falls.
Got it, Michelle. I’ll touch base with you as the big blue bus draws closer.
Shawn, today’s post about your housing situation forced me to finally stop and read about your plans. First, let me say how much I appreciated today’s post. Because my wife and I are at a similar point in our own adventure with God, I needed the truth and encouragement that your post provided. Thanks! Now, with a better understanding of your trip and your itinerary, I would love to explore your ability to visit us in Atlanta. I work for World Relief, and my office is a refugee resettlement office. Refugees are people who have had to flee their countries to escape persecution. Every year, our country grants permanent residence to a select few and assigns them to a refugee resettlement agency which prepares for their arrival and then helps them learn how to live in the United States. We place most of our refugees in a small community on the edge of Atlanta called Clarkston. The New York Times has called it the single most diverse square mile in the whole country. A NYT writer recently authored a book called “Outcasts United” that tells the story of a lady who has used soccer to serve the refugee youth. It would give you a good glimpse of what the community is like. Anyway, my job at World Relief is to coordinate our relationships with local churches and empower them to serve refugees and the community. In light of my work, I think there is great potential for a writers’ workshop if you are interested. I can definitely connect you with some service opportunities. Tell me what you think. It would be great to see you.
Great hearing from you, Josh. I’ll send you an email – this sounds like a great opportunity for our family.
Incredible! I’m so glad I stumbled across your site [from Leigh's blog]. I too have plans of driving around the country, somehow crafting a book from a visit to all fifty states. Look forward to following your progress! Happy trails.
Thanks for joining us on this journey, Lizzie!