CURRENT MISSION

Exploring the world and learning from and loving on the people I encounter along the way

ABOUT ME

I enjoy living simply and joyfully.

I am working towards: being a light where there is darkness, living with compassion for every life, accepting outcasts when the world casts stones, loving until people wonder why, and opening my heart to fully receive the gift of everyday blessings.

My thoughts on long walks on the beach: http://xkcd.com/120/

PHILOSOPHY

Life is about progression. It's about failing in the right direction. I am not what I once was because I am constantly being made new.

I'm going to quote Martin Luther to sum up this philosophy better than I could:
"This life, therefore, is not righteousness but growth in righteousness; not health but healing; not being but becoming; not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it. The process is not yet finished, but it is going on. This is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd love to host! I also look forward to doing some more surfing of my own.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed once, and it was a fantastic experience. Also hosted once and had a fantastic experience!

Interests

Appreciating the gifts of creation, worshipping the Lord with everything I am, loving people, taking the long way, laughing, growing, learning, feeding the wanderlust, adventure

• exercise
• backpacking
• surfing
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Forrest Gump, Stranger than Fiction, The Princess Bride, The Shining, Stardust, Into the Wild, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Into the Woods, LOTR, Braveheart, The Goofy Movie, The Lion King, most Mel Brooks films, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Count of Monte Cristo, La Boheme

Music:
Anything I can worship to, sing with, or dance with, favorites are:
Jars of Clay
David Crowder Band
Dave Matthews Band
Casting Crowns
Judah and the Lion
The Oh Hellos
The Civil Wars
The Avett Brothers
Basically anything jazz and most instrumental

Books:
Rose Madder (Stephen King), Hinds' Feet on High Places (Hannah Hurnard), The Hobbit and LOTR series (Tolkien), The Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis), The Screwtape Letters (Lewis)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Every time I've taken on mountains while backpacking I have learned something new about myself, about the person(s) I was with, and about God.

Teach, Learn, Share

Everyone has something to teach others.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States