I grew up on a dairy and hog farm in the Midwest in the US. Right after high school I went to live as an exchange student in Germany and found a love for travel. I studied German at college as well as ESL (teaching English as a second language). I taught English in Japan for three years, but have lived in Indiana for the last 15 years teaching ESL at an elementary school in town where my children attend. My wife is a pastor at our church and we have four boys, born in '16, '10, '06, and '03. We love to travel.