China, why in the world would you go to China? well, would you turn down a $750 plane ticket to China? think about it.
As many of you know I am extremely excited about traveling and any opportunity I have to spend outside the United States I will jump at. So when I found that plane ticket to China for $750 I couldn't turn it down. (backstory, I have been wanting to travel as a means of income since I have returned from my trip to Vietnam in June) On top of the super cheap plane ticket, I was able to sell my old desktop computer, a set of PA speakers, save up about 3 paychecks, and on top of all this, I'm gonna be doing a lot of couch surfing to get free housing (spending time in hostels when I can't find a couch to crash). Basically I'm going to be traveling on the cheap so even though I'm going with a decent amount of backup cash, I'm hoping to use that mostly for larger scale travel in country (bus to Beijing etc.)
What am I going to be doing in China? well here's a bullet point list of what I'm hoping to do
1. spend some time in solitude (I've been needing a weekend, month, extended period of time meditating on God's word and praying
2. experience the world, travel, explore
3. take pictures
4. run a blog/build a community
5. do something really awesome that hopefully will lead to work outside of a typical 9-5
6. figure out how to get to the rest of Asia
7. build connections in China
8. visit a true underground church
9. needed a 9th point
10. attend the UBC (ultimate Barista competition)
mainly this is my adventurer side of me going out in the world to explore.
you can follow all of my travels by liking my Facebook page mission possible
travel blog can be found at www.missonpossible.wordpress.com (I know I spelled mission wrong in the URL, didn't realize that until later :p)
Sidenotes:
1: seeing as Facebook is blocked in China I will do my best to post, though I might need to setup a person state side to post things for me on the mission possible facebook page (regardless, there will be posts)
2: China is a communist country, Christianity is very much not liked (like can be thrown in prison not liked) therefore, any info on me visiting a underground church, having opportunities to share the gospel, etc. most likely will not be spoken of until I am safely back state side. (this also means mentioning praying for me on a blog post could potentially get me in trouble as the government will be watching everything
I think that answers everything about the trip, if you have any other questions feel free to ask me.
final note
I'm going to have a ton of down time to spend praying, if you have anything you need prayer for ANYTHING, seriously, message me, email brandon.goodyear17@gmail.com, tweet @brandong17, post on the page, comment on this post, carrier pigeon, come up and personally talk to me (I'm carrying a notebook to write this stuff down)
Ok, for reals this time
until next time
Brandon Goodyear
