If you're interested in staying with me, please read my profile. If you're traveling with a friend, we would prefer that your friend also have a couchsurfing profile so that we can check their references. If you're traveling with your significant other, then that's okay as long as you can vouch for their character and trustworthiness.

I'm a: Beauty lover. People watcher. Question asker. Book reader. Communication major. Music producer. Creative overdriver. Staying-stationary-for-long-aphobe. Late nighter. Dreamer. Idealist. Half introvert, half extrovert. Academic. Technology lover and hater. Child at heart.

An American born and raised in Mexico. Currently I'm working as a linguist and translation consultant with an NGO in Oaxaca, Mexico. I'm married to an amazing artist and scholar, Bethany. I love writing and recording music, which you can listen to on Spotify. My website is HisMagnificence.com, and we have a YouTube channel called "Aleph with Beth."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We believe in doing couchsurfing for a few simple reasons: God gives us life and shelter even though we don't deserve it; the Bible instructs everyone to show hospitality to strangers; it's a joy to meet new people and share what God has graciously given us!

Interests

If you love the author L.M. Montgomery, then you are instantly my friend :)

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm simple and old-fashioned: Give me a movie with a beautiful woman, an inspiring, romantic story, and a happy ending, and I'm there.

Authors: LM Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Bronte, Victor Hugo, Gene Stratton-Porter, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Sam Storms, Charles Spurgeon, Ann Voskamp, Mike Mason, Tim Keller.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Driven down the runway of a new airport in a taxi on a remote island of Africa.

Lived in the place Tarzan grew up for 6 years.

Camped in the middle of an African jungle.

Driven my Hilux down the beach towing someone on water skis.

Climbed a mango tree in the middle of the night to kick an annoying rooster out of it.

Survived malaria twice.

Wrote a novel, which you might like....or hate.

Married a girl WAY out of my league.

Teach, Learn, Share

We can teach you Spanish or English or help you fix your computer/printer (Windows only) or sing you a song if you have a guitar around, tell crazy stories about life and culture in Equatorial Guinea and Mexico.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can make really good smoothies of all sorts if you have a blender, teach you how to care for a chameleon, read aloud to you, teach you the Hebrew alphabet, or sing you a Mexican love song.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Scotland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cameroon, Canada, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Mexico, United States