Hey Everybody!  I am also really really excited to be leaving for Brazil in about two and a half weeks!  I feel very unprepared as far as getting stuff ready and I'm not really sure what to expect on this trip, but I am definitely pumped to get going and meet all of you.  God has been doing so much lately and it has been awesome to just be a part of the adventure of pursuing Jesus and trying to figure out how to truly live out the Gospel. 

1.)  Food I'm worried most about missing?  I can't think of anything in particular, I'm looking forward to trying lots of new stuff in Brazil!  Hopefully we can eat some crazy stuff like monkey brains or something haha!

2.)  I'd like to think that I don't have anything weird in my music collection haha, but I suppose some people might find it funny that I have Disney music, the Curious George soundtrack, and some Italian Opera (only a few songs haha), but other than that it is just good love tunes and lots of worship.  I love Hillsong, Starfield, Chris Tomlin, Tim Hughes, Robbie Seay Band, Matt Redman, really any good worship music.

3.)  A little bit about myself:
I love learning more about who God is and about how I can better follow Jesus in my daily life.  I love listening to people and having deep discussions.  Some hobbies include hiking barefoot, running barefoot, sleeping outside, reading (outside preferably haha), tennis, pretty much anything active.

4.)  My full name is John, not Jonathan.  People usually just call me John, which is pretty boring.  If you guys can come up with something crazy or funny feel free to call me whatever, as long as it isn't more boring than John haha.  Maybe something epic like Maximus Decimus Meridius....or maybe not...haha.

5.)  I would love prayer for faithfulness, that just in whatever God presents I would be faithful in doing my part to bring Him glory. 

I am super excited to meet all of you and hear all about what God is doing in all of your lives!

Me and my super cool brother with dreadlocks :]