CURRENT MISSION

a pilgrimage to discover the sparks in our souls.

ABOUT ME

we became The Maertzs in october of 2004.

PHILOSOPHY

to pursue these sparks inside us. live life deeply rooted in faith, friendships and a good laugh. live life to the full.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

a friend mentioned this to us. we're taking a pilgrimage around this globe, and we want it to be full of beautiful moments.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

looking forward to our first.

Interests

wanida loves: a colorful world, courage, pretty things, travel anything, vegatables, spain makes her light up, competition, the ocean, wearing flip flops and a cozy t-shirt.

joe loves: international anything, the middle east, music, talk radio, diet mountain dew, a thought provoking question, news, sleeping in, march madness (college basketball), papa john's pizza, grilling some tasty meat.

• dieting
• news
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• basketball
• teaching
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

wanida loves: a good film that inspires. btw, she probably the biggest fan of The Terminal you'll ever meet. gupta is her favorite.

joe loves: Babel.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

joe: 6th grade spelling bee winner in vacaville, ca! he did it again in 8th grade too. wanida would like to know what happened to 7th grade?

wanida: met the dalai lama, and almost almost hired as pocahontas at disneyland. that, my friends, is truly amazing. (big smile and a sly wink)

Teach, Learn, Share

wanida loves inspiring the musical voice in kids. she taught guitar and piano to kids for a while. joe can tutor any idiot in math, wanida included. :) he'll never admit to it, but he's a math genius.