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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Chinese, French, Hebrew (modern), Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Student (Master's in Germanistik: Sprach- und Kulturwisse...
  • Bachelor in German and International Relations from Wheat...
  • From McDonough, Georgia, USA
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Learning Saxony inside and out

ABOUT ME

I'm 24 and an American living in Germany. I love learning, traveling, Germany, foreign languages in general and German in particular, meeting people from other cultures and learning their perspectives, and the Bible.

PHILOSOPHY

Jesus Christ died for me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting.

Interests

Linguistics and German language history;
English, German, French, Spanish, Czech, Mandarin, Hebrew;
the Free State of Saxony and the State of Georgia;
politics;
history;
applied theology and the Bible;
transportation in all forms from escalators to space flight.

  • politics
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • divinity
  • history
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Bilingual dictionaries
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
Romans, by the Apostle Paul

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to open and eat a banana without peeling.
Also, I'd be glad to help with English or German.

If you speak a language besides English or German, I would love to learn from you.

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