CURRENT MISSION

To live the Adventure to the fullest

ABOUT ME

We are experiencing a brand new adventure in our lives... parenthood! Our little baby girl, Anaiya, was born to us in October of 2014. It has already been quite a journey filled with love, amazement and wonder. We hope to introduce her to couch surfers, different cultures and perspective that reaches farther then the borders of America.
In 2011 we had the chance to take an amazing trip around the world where we went to 20 different countries each with their own unique peoples and adventures. We enjoy swapping travel stories with people.

PHILOSOPHY

"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal" -Albert Pine
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. Love your neighbor as yourself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Telling others about this amazing community and trying to change the "fear" mentality that is so prevalent in the U.S. towards meeting/hosting strangers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

On our trip around the world we met some amazing couch-surfers along the way. We stayed with three different surfers in Prague, and also surfed in Pisa, Florence, Thessaloniki, Athens, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Nazareth, and Jerusalem

Interests

Matthew's interests = snowboarding, surfing, wakeboarding, long board skateboarding, soccer, volleyball, all sports, games, traveling, adventure, photography, playing guitar while Moni sings, and church.

• photography
• traveling
• guitar
• camping
• surfing
• snowboarding
• skateboarding
• wakeboarding
• sports
• soccer
• volleyball

Music, Movies, and Books

Bible, Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, Crazy Love, Les Miserable, Count of Monte Cristo, Ben Hur, Arthur Conan Doyle
U2, Waterdeep, David Crowder Band, Coldplay, Lifehouse, Guster, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, Norah Jones, Shane & Shane

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We both helped lead a kids camp in India for 150 children for 10 days.

We quit our jobs and took 8 months to travel around the world, visiting 20 different countries.

We led a short term trip for a team of therapists and child specialists from the U.S. to Nairobi, Kenya. We worked with children adopted from the slums and also trained their caregivers.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Rwanda, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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