So I have a story. Cool. But who am I really?
My name is Jacob Smith, I am 25 years old. I make people laugh. Sometimes when they see me but mostly when words come out of my mouth. I probably have no discernible hobbies. Although I like to dabble in writing, listen to bands no one has heard of, travel, and make a kajillion friends. I’ve lived many places and moved many times. I have worked odd jobs from being the mascot of the special olympics to being on a traveling southern gospel ensemble.
That's a real photograph of me as the mascot. The police dogs wanted a chunk of this fine specimen of the Special Olympics.
This next September I am leaving on the world race! I will be traveling to 11 different countries in 11 months doing all sorts of sweet-action-Jackson life-changing things with Jesus. Everything from fun stuff like soccer camps to working in orphanages, teaching english, and hard things such as working with human trafficking.
On a more personal level… I know more about ferrets than is healthy. I am deeply entrenched in studying Judaism right now. Now I know ain’t nobody got time for that. But I found time. I have been going through reverse culture shock since November 2012 as I just got back to America. The kids these days are saying YOLO. The buttons got taken off of the phones and now I can’t text. Kids are doing the Catdaddy and the Spongebob and people keep telling me to call them and I say maybe and they are like… Dude you listen to chick music. And I’m like “What are you talking about bro-cuz-dude?” because I don’t even know what you call people anymore.
So it’s a little different now. America changed a lot while I was gone.
I can rap. I am a pretty good freestyle rapper. I was raised on hot pockets and and love to eat organic as an act of rebellion against such old foodstuffs. I’ll be famous someday. Unless I die. So you should probably be friends with me. Just being honest. It’s inevitable with such a common name, I don’t even have to do the work.
Random Facts:
I make an awesome pirate from time to time…
One time I dressed up like Spngebob in Asia with my friend Dale and a restaurant decided to theme itself a spongebob restaurant after seeing us.
Places I’ve lived for a long time…
Seattle/Kirkland, Washington
Pottersville, New York
Fort Worth/Dallas, Texas
Tampa/Hudson, Florida
Charoltte/Waxhaw, North Carolina
Taichung, Taiwan
Countries I’ve been too…
Panama
Mexico
Canada (The french part too)
Argentina
Brasil
Hong Kong
Taiwan
I’m 6’2” maybe. It depends on what my spine says. Sometimes it even says 6’3”.
I once wrote a book for a girl I was in love with. It was over 50,000 words long. Then she dumped me. She didn’t read the book though. If she had she probably would have a shirt with my face on it and run my Facebook for me. Her loss. So I guess I am technically an unpublished novelist.
I can't confirm nor deny whether or not that idol still has it's head. But would an innocent face like that really smash a Buddha and smuggle the head back to Michigan as a victory trophy?
I have owned 4 ferrets. None of them cost money. One came from a bunch of Mexicans that my grandpa threw out of the house after the DEA was watching it. One came from Home-Depot. Ferrets always have nice mystical backstory’s.
I view Video Games as art.
I live on the road. It is nice except cars keep coming.
I once was a Lllama caretaker for 3 months. He head-butted me when I tried to ride him.
I play lead broom-guitar in the SYME Airband from time to time.
I spent two years going to college at the Word of Life Bible Institute. I HIGHLY recommend that place. I also spent several years perusing ministries and internships there. I graduated from Liberty University with a Bachelors Degree in Science and Religion. So I probably know more about the Amorites then you. Which is not much. Nobody knows about the Amorites.
This is me as part of my southern gospel ensemble. Crazy right? I know Gaither music… weirdly enough.
I can't swim so I like to wear a lifevest.
I once biked south in Taiwan with my friend. We had no map so we got incredibley lost. Every sign is in Chinese. I had never really biked before. 32 hours later I had biked 150 miles and I was very sweaty. I lost 17 pounds. And I realized… I need to buy a compass.
There is much more random stuff to know. I’ll add stuff from time to time. But for now, that’s a little about me. Next is how I got here.
My Story
A couple years ago I was deeply wounded and in a hurt state left America in search of myself. I lost some of the people I loved dearest, I lost my old life. Family rejected me in times of great need. The girl I longed to share and spend my life with eventually faded further away from me until she was no longer even my friend. The best people betrayed me. I began to suffocate as I found myself 12,000 miles away from home. It was during that time I was totally crushed.
There is an old apocryphal story about a Shepard and a lamb. The little lamb would run away from the Shepard Thinking itself more free away from it’s master it would frolic and play unaware of the dangerous wolves and snakes that were around him. The Shepard was a kind master and as much as he was grieved by the lamb always running off into danger, he was grieved even more by what he had to do. Seeing it was the only way to save the most stubborn and rebellious of his beloved flock he took the little lamb and broke his leg. Then the Shepard put the lamb on His shoulders and did not let him go until the little sheep had healed. Everyday the Shepard would feed, water, and take care of this sheep. One day the little sheep was finally healed and as hard as it was to go through that process, from then on he knew his master and would never leave his side.
Jesus broke me. Then He healed me.
I am twenty five years old. I am starting a new life.
Anything I can say about that journey would be loaded with more weight than a mere about section on some website can say.
The last couple years have felt in someways like a long winter. I made many mistakes and had a lot of problems that I did not know how to handle.
In June of 2012, God really broke me and took away the most important things in my life. The next five months were some of the greatest times. Loaded with adventures, road trips good friends, and most of all healing.
November 13th, 2012. I arrived back in my native land of Seattle, Washington after spending a year and a half in Taiwan. I returned to a family rebuilding itself up after the patriarch passed away. Friendships renewing themselves after they had slowly drifted away and burnt up. Other friendships sit even now as distant embers I cannot approach.
I used to think pain was spiritual, and in our pain we found the deepest growth. These days I see that its not in pain but in our healing. In coming to grips with the past and working through our pain we see the beauty of Jesus and His love for us. These days I have healed more than I have in my entire life. I am continuing to heal and grow.
I am super stoked to go on the World Race, if you want to know more about anything, CONTACT ME!!! Cause, I'd love to chat and share my passion for Jesus with you.
I also blog, twitter, and tumble at…
deadtorise.wordpress.com
deadtorise.tumblr.com
Twitter: guyver1802
425-780-3690
