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As a young boy, Shawn first traveled the world through books. But it was not until he snuck out of his house to see Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981 that his fate was revealed. He was called to a life of imagination and exploration.

In his early twenties, Shawn started to travel extensively. He traversed ancient ruins throughout Europe, sipped tea with desert Bedouins in the Middle East, lived with indigenous tribes in the mountains of Central America, and crawled through Celtic passage tombs in Ireland. Wanderlust was inevitable.

In 2000, after ten years as a youth minister, Shawn became the founder and Executive Director of Wonder Voyage, a unique non-profit organization dedicated to leading pilgrimages across the globe. To date, thousands o ...more

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Average rating: 4.45 · 62 ratings · 12 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Via Advent by Shawn Small (Goodreads Author), Jenny Slaver (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Wonder 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Tobar Nua - The New Well: The Unlikely Story of an Uncommon Community by Shawn Small (Goodreads Author), Bruce Wilkinson (Foreword) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Via Crucis by Shawn Small (Goodreads Author), Jenny Slaver (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Via Advent (The Via Series Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Dream of Water Hardcover Shawn Small really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jul 30, 2014 09:15AM

Hey Shawn... just finished "Mountains Beyond Mountains" and I thought "I bet Shawn would enjoy this!" If you wanna feel inspired it's a great read! He opens a small medical clinic in rural Haiti, but some of his work is about access to clean water too. Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World

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