CURRENT MISSION

I want to see this world I live on; while I am still alive - at 68 years old - I better get started!!!

ABOUT ME

I have never met a stranger and love to talk with people; hearing their stories and giving my own.

I am personally a little Geeky open minded and easy to get along with. I also am a retired missionary and have always been involved with computers; from DO NOT FOLD SPINDLE OR MUTILATE (You probably don't know what that means); to President of the Costarran Users Club and now Systems Manager for the company I work for, it has always been part of my life.

I love "Through The Worm Hole" because of the questions he ask. They are some of the same ones I ask myself - Like; "What was there before 'In The Beginning'?"

I love to fish as often as I can; and I love flowers. Gardening is a chore, don't love that part too much; but it is part of getting the flowers I want and I am willing to do the work to get them.

After that, I love to travel - the US - Over Seas - Europe - Crusing - you name it!! I want to go there!!

PHILOSOPHY

I have never met a stranger and love to talk with people.

I like conversations with people that have been somewhere and seen things. I love to hear their stories and to give my own.

I have lived in Communes while in Seminary. And as a missionary, I have lived in other people's homes. I have also hosted ministers and visitors from the states, as a missionary. So, I know how to live with other people and enjoy it.

I do not want to impress any one and am not easily impressed. But I do love people and love to find out their life stories.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None Yet!

Interests

Gardening - Fishing - Work on Computers - Traveling

• fish
• education
• coffee
• clubbing
• gardening
• flowers
• traveling
• fishing
• boxing
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

I don't read much, I have in the past but don't find time to do that now. I don't listen to music much either, if I do; I like instrumentals (no words) classical - jazz - what ever. I go to the moves seldom also; but do watch a fair amount of TV and browse on the computer. Or I am outside - fishing - gardening or barbecuing.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

As a Minister during the "Jesus Movement" and a missionary for 20 years; I can tell you some stories!! From the small villages in the Upper Amazon River to the upper rooms of Metropolitan Cities; I have had the opportunity to see and be a part of some amazing things.

I can tell you for the day I was kidnapped at gun point or the day in Nicaragua when the vice president was taken hostage along with most of the parliament.

Or I can tell you about what life is like in New Orleans on Mardis Gras Day or about the coffee house I had on Bourbon Street for 2 years or the fish I caught that hung of my ice box both his head and tail.

And so much more; but you probably will not come to visit me for my stories. I would love to hear yours too!!

Teach, Learn, Share

When I grew up, we came from a family that was poor; but we didn't know it. We thought everyone was like that. So, I am simple minded at heart and can identify with the simplest of people - believe me as a minister and missionary, you see lots of those people.

But As I grew up; I had the opportunity to go places and learn things. I have learned how to speak with people with many types of life styles and levels of education. - I love them all!! Travelers - businessmen - Geeks . . . with Geeks, I do not Geek speak well; even though I do that for a living. The people I support - (at work) think it is a different language and they don't understand it; so I have learned to migrate my "Geek speak" with ordinary language and simplify it so almost everyone understands it. - Well almost everyone; some still think I speak a different language some times.

I find many type of people interesting; and if they are bold enough to ask to stay in another person's home, they must have some very interesting stories to share!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, United States