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About Me

About Me: I love Jesus, family, missions, sushi, coffee and good music. I'm now helping to direct an intern program with Convoy of Hope.

Favorite Movies: Better Off Dead, The Mission, Beyond the Gates, Three Amigos, Passion of the Christ, Walk the Line, When Footmen Tire You, What Will Horsed Do?
Favorite Genre: Johnny Cash movies
Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Gee, I'm sorry your mom blew up Ricky."
Movies I can watch over and over: Better Off Dead, Three Amigos, Walk the Line.
Actor that would play me in a movie: A struggling, really looking for work actor

Religion: Christian
Heroes: Jesus, Billy Graham, Johnny Cash, Family
Interests: Jesus, family, sushi, coffee, music, and international travel/ministry.
Expertise: nachos
Occupation: This unofficial web site is maintained and owned by Matt Wilkie, it's not an official Convoy of Hope
Website: http://www.aroundtheworldwithJesus.com

Where I shop: Target/Wal-Mart/foreign markets
Brands I love: Fluevog shoes
I like to wear: Fluevogs, comfortable foreign stuff that people may think is weird.
Can't live without: Ummm...there's no "style" stuff I can't live without. I do like those silly Fluevogs though.
Prized Possessions: Bible, card from Mother Teresa (like a business card thing...not hand written or anything)
Guilty Pleasure: The internet at Starbucks the day after a trip...like today.

Favorite Artists: Johnny Cash, U2, 77s, The Choir, Worship
Favorite Albums: American Recordings (All)/Folsom Prison...Cash, Sticks and Stones...77s, Joshua Tree...U2
Favorite Genre: Worship
Favorite Songs: "Redemption," Cash; "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," U2; "The Lust...," 77s
Favorite Lyrics: It was a one sided, double-minded, mirror with no reflection ("This is the way love is" 77s). Don't know what it means though.
Songs for Roadtrips: 77s/Choir/Adam Agan/U2/JCash/Bob Dylan/Talk Radio (not really a son though)
Songs I hate: Almost all country, Brittany/etc.
Guilty Pleasure: Johnny Cash...Live at Folsom Prison.
Songs I repeat the most: Joshua Tree stuff, and music from Awaken...former interns with BoH, "How Great is Our God" from Chris Tomlin.
Band I wish I was in: Any...it would be fun to know how to play.

Places I love: Pretty much everywhere
Places I've been: Not quite everywhere yet...working on it. Check out www.aroundtheworldwithJesus.com to see a glimpse.
Places to see before I die: Israel, Antarctica
Dream Vacation: Greece

Favorite Books: Bible, Divine Conspiracy, Velvet Elvis, lots more.
Favorite Authors: Dallas Willard, John Piper, Owen Wilkie, Rob Bell, more...
Favorite Characters: Curious George, Lane Meyer, Joshua
Favorite Quotes: "Calcutta is everywhere." Mother Teresa; "I am come that you might have life to the fullest." Jesus

Favorite Cuisine: Sushi, Meat
Favorite Dishes: Nachos
Favorite Desserts: Mom's German Chocolate Cake
Favorite Drinks: Coffee
Favorite Junk Foods: Bean Burrito, extra red sauce...Taco Bell.
Best meal ever: Fresh seafood & fruit, home made ice cream at Aunt Bonnie's in '86
My Original Recipes: ??
Favorite Restaurants: All-You- Can-Eat Sushi anywhere decent
Foods I hate: Lumpy milk.