I am 24 years old. My wife and I live in a small back house in La Verne, CA. She works as a Seamstress for a company called Serengetee. As of now, I work there as well. I graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a degree in English Literature. I attended Fuller Theological Seminary for two quarters in pursuit of a Master of Arts in Theology, and now I have transferred back to APU to pursue a MA in Christianity and Literature.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My wife and I are heading to Eau Claire, WI this summer to attend the Eaux Claires Music Festival, founded by Aaron Dressner (The National) and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). We don't have a ton of money so we are planning on spending most of our time camping, but we would like a soft couch/bed and a shower every now and then.

Interests

Books, books, books. I am a lover of literature and theology. My favorite authors are Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, O'Connor, Kierkegaard, Camus, and William Blake, among others. I spend most my time in my local coffee shop reading and writing. I enjoy hitting up local craft beer breweries (we have quite a few around us) and watching movies as well.

• arts
• writing
• books
• literature
• festivals
• beer
• coffee
• shopping
• movies
• reading
• music
• camping
• christian
• divinity

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Books:
The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky.
East of Eden - John Steinbeck.
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy.
Works of Love - Soren Kierkegaard.
The Lord of the Rings/The Silmarillion/The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis.
The Violent Bear it Away - Flannery O'Connor.
In the Beauty of the Lilies - John Updike

Favorite Movie:
Too hard. But here are a few favorites: Into the Wild, In Bruges, Drive, Blue Valentine, The Godfather, Moonrise Kingdom, Shaun of the Dead (and the whole Cornetto Trilogy), The Big Lebowski, There Will be Blood, Whiplash... the list goes on and on...

Favorite Music:
Anything and Everything by Justin Vernon (Bon Iver, DeYarmond Edison, Volcano Choir, The Shouting Matches, etc...), Sufjan Stevens, Fleet Foxes, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Ben Howard, William Fitzsimmons, S. Carey, Radiohead... among others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I studied Renaissance Literature/Shakespeare at Oxford University for four months while my wife was working with YWAM in Uganda and Tanzania.

Countries I’ve Visited

England, Guatemala, Haiti, Italy, Mexico, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom