So I thought I’d let everyone get better acquainted with my 4 awesome teammates by featuring them each in a muy especial blog, and Jarin’s up first!
NAME: Jarin Harvey
AGE: 25
NATIONALITY: Canadian (though I’m constantly forgetting… :D)
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- She works out every morning at around 5 am. Yeah, girl is intense.
- She’d known about the race for a lonngggg time before she finally decided to go on it.
- She went to YWAM and did one of their discipleship training schools in Australia.
- She’d love to go to a Mumford and sons concert (me too, for that matter).
- She doesn’t like rice but she’s a champ and eats it when she can (it’s probably been our number one food group so far on the race).
- She loves to talk about food just as much as I do—which is a lot.
- We’re equally good at singing…meaning her and I tend to inch toward the back when our team is called up to the front of the church for an impromptu song.
- Her testimony is amazing and is going to change/changing lives and you should really ask her about it sometime.
- She hates spiders. I have to kill them for her sometimes (because I’m such a good friend ;))
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT JARIN:
- Her intense love of ketchup…and how that love is quickly spreading to the rest of the team.
- The way she gives feedback…it’s always gentle and said in the right way for the person to receive it.
- HER CLOTHES. At any given time, probably at least 50% of our team is wearing something of Jarin’s.
- She reads her bible pretty much everyday like a true champ
- She’s the best listener. If you ever have to give a speech or sermon (or testimony all in Spanish), you should definitely look at her. It’s very comforting.
- She doesn’t really like to play cards but she still plays them, just for us.
FAVORITE MEMORY: Well…there’s too many to count at this point, but it’d probably have to be the infamous ‘knee sweat’ incident. Let’s just say we were crammed into a van with about 50 other people and knees were pressed very, very close together. We’ll leave it at that.
FUN FACTS:
- Jarin’s brother and sister-in-law live in Ireland! Her brother is currently in medical school there
- We have veryyyy similar taste in music. I always know when she puts her jams that it’s going to be a good time.
- She reads ridiculously fast. I don’t know how many books she’s read on this race so far, but it’s definitely A WHOLE LOT
- We’re probably going to move to Spain together (…or some country in Europe) after the race.
- She would die working a cubicle , 9-5 type job.
- She has a hidden talent for painting cement lawn ornaments 😀
- Give her a smoothie or a salad (or both) and she’s the happiest camper you’ll ever find
