I am from a small town in rural Iowa. I began traveling around the world by visiting my uncle in Japan and I haven't looked back. I travelled with YWAM to Cambodia before going to college at Gordon College in Massachusetts (Note: I do not affiliate my views with Gordon's policies). I am studying Peace and Conflict studies.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I believe that the best way to continuously expand yourself is to engage with perspectives that are not your own. Couchsurfing provides the best opportunity to meet people with a plethora of perspectives on life that will radically challenge my views.

Interests

• dining
• beer
• coffee
• working out
• movies
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• socializing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Grand Budapest Hotel
Moonrise Kingdom
Mr. Fantastic Fox
In Bruges
Ex Machina
Whiplash

Music:
Son Lux
Man Without Country
Bear in Heaven
Børn
The Shouting Matches
The Black Keys
Sondre Lerche
Sigur Ros
Jack White

Books:
War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Into the Wild
Fight Club
The Imaginarium Geographica Series
From the Holy Mountain
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
Exclusion and Embrace

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Haiti, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Croatia, Jordan, Palestine, United States