ABOUT US
We are open mind , joyful, with good sence of humor, helpful. We are Christians.

( Juli ) I was born in Yurmala, almost all my life I was living in Riga (capital of Latvia), graduated Pedagogical university and Bible school. I was a leader in Children day center „Hope for children”. This organization goal is to restore and bring hope to children and families in Latvia which have fallen into crisis because of poverty, homelessness, sickness and addiction. I Have been living half a year in Israel - doing volunteering in kibbutz and half a year in Africa (Nigeria and Togo). Such an experience! :) I was doing Couchsurfing a lot before marriage with my friends, now had a little pause and now my husband shared the desire to continue that and we are open to experience more CS adventures together. Please see my references for more information about me :-)

( Austin ) I was born in Nigeria and was living there first years of my life, then was living in several other west African countries and soon moved to China. In China I had amazing (almost 10 years) time working as an English teacher with kids and adults. I am speaking 6 languages and learning 7th now. I like politics, sport, healthy lifestyle, cooking African and Chinese food.

We have an amazing child - Benjamin. Under a year old.

We moved in Germany (Berlin) together 2 years ago, still learning language and exploring areas. And we are ready to share everything what we already learnt and revealed for this time with you!

PHILOSOPHY
The only One who can satisfy the human heart is the one who made it.
"If you have nothing to be grateful for, just check your pulse."

CURRENT MISSION
To encourage, bring Hope, share love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
We are intercultural married couple : Austin (from Nigeria) and Juli (from Latvia) and happy to meet new people and learn about different cultures...
Also to help people feel like at home at our place.
We like to make new friends, to share and have amazing time together. Sometimes we organize international dinners for CSers.. everybody prepare or bring their traditional food, we play games, speaking, dancing and of course EATING.

Please when you will write request - do it personally and why you want to stay with us.

Interests

• dogs
• salsa dancing
• bachata
• cooking
• politics
• board games
• traveling
• sports
• business
• nature
• different cultures
• sushi
• children
• christianity
• bible

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Gospel, Misty Edwards,Roy Fields, Toby Mac, Kari Jobe, Bethel, Israel Hougton, Jeremy Riddle, Tasha Cobbs.

Movies: "Les Miserables", "7 pounds", "The encounter 2010", "Fireproof", "The blind side", "A hiding place", "Passion of Christ", "August Rush", "Pay forward", "Schindler’s List", "Taare Zameen Par", "180", "my name is Khan", "3 idiots", “Breakthrough”.

Books : The Bible, "The 5 love languages" - Gary Chapman, “Last Battle” - Rick Joiner.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*Juli Hosted in one month 20 people :D (there is funny story about it, ask me)
*Gave our life’s to Jesus Christ :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Juli can help to improve your skills in Russian language, 5 years at least she was doing Russian language lessons for foreigners :)
We can teach you to cook - African, chinese, Russian and Latvian cuisines.
We can share smiles and joy with you, we can laugh dance and have fun together!

We would love to train our german language skills and to try your national dish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Togo, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Benin, China, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Nigeria, Togo