CURRENT MISSION

Love God and people, smile with my eyes, play hard, work hard, and hold nothing back.

ABOUT ME

So I am a bit quirky, and often hard to define. My personality tests are always right in the middle, so I never really fit into a box, but really no one does. I like to be free. I like to enjoy life, but know that enjoying life is much more than just doing what I want to do. Enjoying life is enjoying God and being enjoyed by Him. I am excited. I am hopeful. I am energetic. I like to laugh, dance, and sing. I like the thrill of new adventure, and the wonderment of story. I like fire in my eye...a spark of passion in all I do. I am not easily bored or embarrassed. And I like to hear the music of life all around me.

PHILOSOPHY

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don'€™t love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.
If I speak God'€™s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'€™m nothing.
If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'€™m bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn'™t want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn'€™t strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "€œme first,"€
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.
...We don'€™t yet see things clearly. We'™re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won'€™t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him face to face just as he knows us!
But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly.

-1 Corinthians 13

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting and Traveling...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am new at this! But I think it's a brilliant idea and I am looking forward to meeting new friends!

Interests

I have countless interests among which are singing, playing guitar and random musical instruments (although I don't really know much) painting, exploring, hiking, talking, telling stories, dancing, meeting people, traveling, being silly, studying, learning languages, baking, cooking, helping people, running, canoeing, swimming, flying, photography, poetry, laughing, building things, creating, listening to music, yea...

• poetry
• singing
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• baking
• running
• flying
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• canoeing
• boxing
• swimming
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Its a Wonderful Life, Pocahontas, The Lion King, Scooby Doo, The Life of Pi, KON-TIKI, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Kahlil Gibron's The Prophet, Language Books, Math Books, Science Books, History Books, Fiction Books, Avatar, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, autobiographies, All Music (anything with good lyrics that is)...and much more...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen lightning bugs sing like a silent symphony of sparkles, and watched the mountains clap their hands in jubilation. I've seen rainbows when there was no rain, and I have seen peoples' hearts changed. I've seen love in real life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to share stories...sometimes they are a bit random, but I think I can make you laugh, and will probably have something to contribute to almost any topic, so conversation is great! I would love to learn anything you know, and am willing to share everything I know too.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Guatemala, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Pakistan, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Honduras, United States