The Project

Read below to see the project that Elizabeth is working on, that will allow her some in-person research in England. At the conclusion of the school year (not long after our return from this trip), our upper classmen Scholar Pilgrims will present an eight minute presentation of their project, especially focusing on their in-person research. The Presentations will be recorded and supporters will receive a link where they can view the presentation.

Why do we travel? Some travel to see friends or family, to attend weddings, funerals, or holiday festivities. Others travel for work trips, or simply to escape their mundane life for a short while. When these travelers go back home, its back to the same old work that they were trying to escape. But some travel for experience. These travel to see the great wonders this world has to offer, to meet people who are different than ourselves, to see and live in the thousands of different cultures, to try new food, to understand or to help a different world. These travelers are different. They are traveling for the sake of personal growth, and experience. They go home with a new perspective on life and come home different than they left home. This is the goal of pilgrimage. A journey with a goal which is beyond the physical destination. Thus, this will be our goal at the end of our upcoming trip as we do a double pilgrimage between Chester and Lichfield cathedrals. Pilgrims not only admire great works of art and places of historical significance, but pilgrims walk actual miles, placing an importance on silence and prayer—two things we find difficult to keep in our mundane life. Our feet will hurt, and we will be tired and sore. When we stretch our physical abilities, we also stretch our emotional and intellectual abilities. Historically change happens under pressure. We are given this unique opportunity to take time away from our regular courses and work in order to serve others and to grow in Christ. I hope to capture the change in our traveling community through the lens of my camera.

Please pray for this trip and for my in-person, on the ground research. And, if you are able, please consider helping financially to help me realize this project, and then see the resulting final presentation at the end of the school year.

Scholar Pilgrim Elizabeth

By St Andrews Academy

Scholar Pilgrim Elizabeth

Help Support Elizabeth's research and experience of Pilgrimage in England