CURRENT MISSION

give glory to God by enjoying this incredible world He made!

ABOUT ME

I thrive on adventure, but only to an extent. The value of comfort and familiarity is not to be underestimated any more than that of excitement and spontaneity is to be esteemed. I sometimes feel like two people in one body. One loves to be different and daring and explore uncharted territory, and the other is perfectly content to read a book in my living room while I've got banana bread baking in the oven.

Favorite moments tend to include rain and Norah Jones or Jack Johnson on the iPod.

Interests

running, cooking, music, reading, hiking, languages, family, banana bread

• writing
• books
• cooking
• baking
• running
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Crime and Punishment, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Death of a Guru, What's So Amazing About Grace?

Coldplay, U2, Norah Jones, Keane, Yanni, Ella Fitzgerald, Palestrina, Chopin, Sugarland, Enya

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

sung onstage in Carnegie Hall, NYC

Teach, Learn, Share

You get what you want. If you want to be a world traveler, then travel the world. If you want to be a writer, then write. If you want to be a runner, then run. Things don't happen while you're sitting around wishing for them, they happen when you go out and chase them down.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States