My Team

I'm sure some of you have been wondering who are the people that I have been traveling these past two weeks. So down below I have introduced all of my team mates with a short little blurb about them so you can understand a little bit of the dynamics of our team. I would just like to say that all of us are very different. We have bonded really close in the last few weeks but our personalities are unique.

We all call Michael "Campy". His last name is Campinelly or something like that so that's how he got his nickname. But he's one of my favorite guys that I've met. He's an outgoing, funny, spunky nineteen year-old that makes me laugh all the time.

Paul and I shared the same dorm room during DTS and we were also in the same small group. Paul grew up in YWAM. His dad is the regional director of North America. Anyway Paul's a great guy who has a lot of wisdom from growing up in YWAM. He's both an introvert and an extrovert. He can get crazy at times and he and I share an addiction now to the board game Settlers- Cities and Knights.

Johnny has also got to be one of my favorite guys that I've met. He's a Kiwi, meaning he's from New Zealand. He and I are both the introverted guys on the team. He's likes to not say a whole lot but when he does say something it's usally either something really profound or something really funny.

When I first met Josh I said to myself, "that's got to be one of the loudest guys I have ever met..." And it's true. Josh is loud, boisterous, but also servant hearted. I went into my room this week and found that Josh had made my bed and folded up my blankets. Josh grew up in YWAM too and has a lot of experience growing up in ministry.

Eric was my small group leader. Now he is one of the leaders of my team. The two things that stand out about Eric is his passion for fishing and his passion for also evangelism.

Alicia is the second leader of my trip. She's really the rock of our team. She's been an excellent leader. She's the oldest of our group being 30 and having done her DTS and joined YWAM only several years ago. Anyway, Alicia handles herself well under pressure. The Airforce seems to have given her that ability as well as her leadership skills.

Melissa I've called my favorite Canadian because she and I have had a lot of fun line dancing. She's really good at everything that I teach so I think she wants to start line dancing when she gets back home to Canada. Anyway, she and I are both contemplative people that like to talk about the deep stuff of life and I joke around with her a lot. She was one of my first friends during DTS.

Laura is a Hair-Stylist from Las Vegas, Nevada. I would say one of the things I admire best about Laura is her ability to converse and talk to anybody. She has no problem making friends here with the nationals and is my favorite person to evangelize with. She and I went to a hairsalon a couple days ago just to make friends with some of the people working there and ended up getting head-massages and getting to know people.

Sarah from Germany is one of the funniest girls I know. She and I are always laughing together. I practice my German with her a little bit and we have our own private jokes in German sometimes. Anyway, I love Sarah's jolly laugh and her sweet personality.

Mariana is one of the first people from Holland that I met. When I first came to Australia I met three people from Holland and she is one of them. I think my being really friendly early on with the Dutch have made us good friends. She's very intelligent and one of the oldest people here on our team next to Alicia. She often gets looks from the local men here being a beautfiul European blonde and they like to greet her in English.

Jessica is one of the youngest coming to YWAM just after she graduated High School. I've seen Jessica really transform during DTS becoming really passionate about God. She's very energetic and kind of sassy too but she's great fun.

Sarah Jane is another Canadian. A lot of Sarah's passions revolve the arts especially drama and acting. We put her in charge of leading the drama that we're performing for some of the churches here. Sarah has a lot of appreciation for my unique personality because of her own uniqueness.

Paulina is are second Dutch girl on our team. Paulina is probably the one person I don't know too much about. She's quiet about herself but outspoken on her opinion. She spent a year or so in the US during High School so she knows more about American culture than any of the other non-Americans.

Well that's my team. If it's possible I'll try to post pictures of all them sometime.