awesome peeps!
Posted November 12, 2011 at 12:46am
Hanging with Meghan Wallace after App State screening.
“Believe with all of your heart that you will do what you were made to do.”
-Orison Swett Marden
Posted October 31, 2011 at 9:13pm
Zane Yours Truly Southeast nomad
Name: Zane Martin
Hometown: Oklahoma City
Age: 20
Favorites: (Color, food, music, etc)
Green Rocks. I am partial to Hispanic and TexMex food, always down to chow down on a Burrito! I really enjoy music, being a musician (but who isn’t a musician these day). I feel like everyone connects to music on a personal level, and I find that beautiful. My favorite band of all time is mewithoutYou. But currently I am listening to a mix of Listener, As Cities Burn, John Mark McMillan, and Bad Veins. I love to read as well, and I am currently reading The irresistible Revolution by Shane Clairborne. Lastly, one of my favorite things is talking with people. Good conversation is something I can never get enough of, so please, if you do or don’t know me, strike up a conversation with me.
Hobbies: Playing and writing music, talking, reading, design. Learning above all things.
How you got involved with LiNK:
I actually saw a screening at IAO galleries in Oklahoma City, OK. My roommate and good friend Baylor Judd had set us up to play a small benefit show to go before the documentary. When I saw Hiding, I was blown away. I couldn’t believe that I had not heard about this issue. (Typical Story, I know). At the time I was living a very narrow and hoggish life, so at the time I felt like there was little I could do. To make a VERY long story short, the next three months were intensely powerful. Through a series of sometimes adverse events, I realized that I had to stop living to miserly and had to do something that was bigger than me. So yeah, LiNK kinda always stuck with me, and a friend and fellow nomad Sean Ferry kept on me about becoming a Nomad. It’s safe to say that this is the best decision I have ever made, and I have learned more in these 11 weeks, and with these people, then I have ever before.
Favorite place so far on tour and why:
I love every single place. I think back on every contact and see a different Unique memory, but if I had to pick I would say Richmond Virginia was awesome. I really also loved the people of Chattanooga TN and the beauty of The University of the South in TN.
Posted October 28, 2011 at 11:35pm
Jenna Yours Truly Southeast Nomad
Name: Jenna Cullop
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Age: 19!
Education: Music Production and Recording Technology, Shenandoah Conservatory Class of 2014 (for now)
Favorites: (Color, food, music, book etc)
I think my favorite color would be purple!!! I could definitely eat Chipotle everyday of my life and be satisfied. I just tried Sushi while we were in Asheville and that was super good too! I’ve been listening to a lot of Thrice, Brand New, The Dangerous Summer, Conditions, The Morning Of, John Mark McMillan and J Cole lately. My favorite book is probably Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, but I’m reading an AWESOME book called The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning that is changing mah life fo reals.
Hobbies: I like to take pictures, read, hang out at coffee shops, travel, try to learn Korean, listen to music, make friends.
How you got involved with LiNK/why you’re a Nomad:
I got involved with LiNK in the summer of 2008 (I think) when I had the chance to meet a North Korean refugee named Joseph! For me, the fact that I didn’t learn about the atrocities that were going on in North Korea in school really bothered me. We learned about all of these things in history (the holocaust, soviet gulags) that “shouldn’t ever repeat itself” but it did. These thigns are going on TODAY. The story of Joseph and his life in North Korea really inspired me to do something about it. I finished my first year of college and didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life, so I decided to take a semester off to figure that out and do something I’m passionate about while I’m at it. Best.Decision.Ever.
Favorite place so far on tour and why: Raleigh, NC. We went to an AWESOME church called DuRaleigh Presbyterian and it rocked my world. That screening was probably my favorite. BUT my favorite city was Chattanooga, TN or Nashville.
Paloma Yours truly Southeast Nomad
Name: Paloma Franco
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA (LA baby!)
Age: 21 (soon to be 22).
Education: B.A. in Literature and Cultures emphasis in the Spanish speaking world, University of California Merced, Class of 2011
Favorites: (Color, food, music, book, etc)
My favorite color is yellow. Dear God I love sushi soo much oh man and also lasagna SO GOOD. I literally just love any type of food. Lately I’ve been listening to Gungor like a lot. It just always make me smile all the time. So calming oh great music. Brooke Fraser, Sara Bareilles, Chris Tomlin, any radio station. haha I listen to many different types of music. I don’t think I have a favorite book. I enjoyed reading Eat, Pray, Love and learned a lot from The feast of the Goat. I love surrealism and pop art, the art of creating and observing it.
Hobbies: photography, writing, reading, hanging out in coffee shops, talking about my passions to random strangers.
How you got involved with LiNK/why you’re a Nomad:
Throughout the years my passion towards helping others and bringing equality for others has grown. I have a burning passion to fight for the equal treatment of others and bring awareness about global issues around the world.
When I first heard about the North Korean crisis I was left in awe and changed, I couldn’t believe that this was happening with not many people knowing. I couldn’t even come close to imagening myself in their shoes. When I became aware of that seventy to ninety percent of North Korean women are being trafficked and sold as brides to Chinese men, I was devastated and it made me want to help even more. It was devastating because those women could be my sister, my mother, my best friend or my next door neighbor. I wasn’t aware of this until after the LiNK presentation and now I want more people to learn about it of others that were just like me; unaware. Being aware of this human rights issues breaks my heart to see how people are being mistreated and that having freedom is not an option. So that’s why I decided to become a Nomad to bring awareness and be a voice for the voiceless.
Favorite place so far on tour and why: CHATTANOOGA, TN! fresh fancy people tht chilled at coffee shops :) haha. loved meeting them.
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HOPE
OMGOSH It has been amazing. It has been so eye-opening seeing how many people didn’t have an idea about what’s going on in North Korea. We are SO THANKFUL for the freedom to be able to spread awareness about this crisis and we are so committed to seeing EVERY North Korea refugee free.
If WE rely on each other to bring awareness, we will see Liberty in North Korea!!!
Join the RELIANCE
http://www.linkglobal.org/thereliance/
Posted October 22, 2011 at 2:45pm
Seeds
We have been having a blast meeting so many so sweet people. Over the past couple weeks we have been in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Maryville in Tennessee and Lynchburg, Richmond, Charlottesville, Norfolk in Virginia. We met up with the Northeast team in Richmond, VA and it was amazing to see their beautiful faces and hear their stories.
University of the South, Sewanee!
Matt- Pasha Coffee and Tea in Chattanooga, TN
At Liberty!
NORTHEAST and SOUTHEAST! <3
