Take A Leap Hiatus- Happy Holidays!!

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2013 is coming to a close, and it has been a great year with the introduction of our Travel Tuesdays and What Is Your Passion Thursdays blog posts. We have profiled exciting destinations that either we or others have  personally experienced, and introduced to you many persons who are driven in the passions in their lives to create passionate and purposeful career and lifestyle.  We're taking a 2 week hiatus and will return the week of Jan 6, 2014 with exciting pictures and stories from our upcoming Take A Leap trip to Spain, and introduce to you more persons who have found a passion in their vocation.

Peace & Blessing!!

Rhonda & Sharee Washington

Travel Tuesdays: Meet First in Service Children's Travel Ambassador, Sophia G.

We saw this promo and was like..WOW!!  Sophia has been to some very exciting places. She also has some great travel tips!! The Thirst Project is a nonprofit organization that exists to raise awareness of and bring solutions to the clean water crisis through Education Outreach Programs that educate, equip and empower individuals to explore the human journey and take action in projects that create radical and sustainable global change, and champion hope and respect for the positive values of life.

Thirst Project

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Rhonda & Sharee

Travel Tuesdays: Meet Oneika

Welcome to our first post on Travel Tuesdays!

When we were deciding on what or whom our first topic would be about, we decided to go with an ambitious young lady who is actually from our friends up North (Canada) and felt compelled to share her story.  Oneika the Traveller just reached an exciting milestone-- 66 countries in 10 years while working full-time.

Photo Credit Via oneika-the-traveller.com

Read about Oneika's story here.

We also thought we'll provide some incite on our travel journey.  Although we don't have nearly as many years experience or passports stamps, traveling internationally has taught us a few things.

#1 We are all the same. We love and provide for ourselves and family; trust in someone bigger than us; and dance when no one is looking.

#2  Deals are around every corner.  Now that we are constantly on the hunt for our next trip, we are always watching for deals. Airline specials or vacation packages.  Off-season or in-season.  We are always scouring the internet.  Sometimes we get them; sometimes it's a miss.  But one thing for sure, another deal is on it's way.

#3 Speak their language and smile.  Even if all you know is a few words.  It makes a difference in the way you communicate to the locals and their newfound respect for your attempt at speaking their language no matter how much you butcher it up.

#4  Blacks travel too.  While there haven't been many, we have seen a few blacks during our international travels.  Although the numbers are far below other Americans, there are varied attempts to increase the numbers whether through college study abroad programs or initiatives like Facebook's Nomadness Travel that seek to increase the brown population presence abroad.

Change is in the Air!!

Travel Tuesdays will be posts pertaining to...you guess it ...TRAVEL. We will post Inspirational Quotes, Destination Pictures, Videos, Interviews, and Article Links of people who Take A Leap in TRAVEL.  

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What is My Passion Thursdays will be posts pertaining to following one's passion into a purposeful career.   Inspirational Quotes, Interviews, Videos, and Article Links of people who have followed their passion to Take A Leap to a new career or into entrepreneurship.

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Rhonda & Sharee