I love learning about the world. I love serving people. I love challenging my comfort zone. I do my best to root my heart in God's desire for my life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Although it would be easy enough to rent a hotel and go explore aimlessly on my own, I travel to learn about the culture not merely to see sites. It is in people where my fondest memories have been made, so as I take a giant leap of faith away from a career in which I've invested eight years of my life to travel for a year prior to grad school, I hope to have others as part of my journey!

Interests

I love to eat slow meals while making new friends.

Longboarding by the beach.

Activities that require one to be "all in" for success (i.e. skydiving or karaoking in front of a large crowd).

Not taking life too seriously, allowing the little things to make me smile and finding adventure in everyday life has lent my heart to greater fulfillment than I could have ever imagined.

• culture
• flying
• traveling
• scuba diving
• skydiving

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- I listen to pretty much anything that makes me happy

Movies- Big Fish, Moulin Rouge, The Art of Flight, Human Planet

Books- Catch 22, The Screwtape Letters, Good to Great, Start with Why, Unbroken, Deep, Confessions

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Became a SCUBA instructor while living in Japan.

Teach, Learn, Share

How to SCUBA dive, what it's like to fly helicopters, stories about my life

What I Can Share with Hosts

A smile, a laugh, a few good stories, and a good adult beverage.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States