My full name is Darrell Brian Smith Jr. The name "Darrell" I get from my grandfather and the name "Brian" comes from my Dad. I have always gone by the nickname BJ which short for Brian Junior. Until I came to college four years ago, I have lived in the small town of Millry, Alabama. Its a little, out-of-the-way, country town that only a select few people even know exists, but its home. I have lived in Mobile for the past 4 years now and I have really enjoyed my time here. I really didn't know much about U.S.A. when I decided to come here but it has really been an amazing part of my life.
Some of my major interest are pretty simple things. I love listening to music, I like all different types of music and each genre holds a new flavor of life. I absolutely love to travel. I love visiting new places and seeing things I have never seen. I hope to travel all over the world during my life. Photography is among my favorite hobbies as well. I love taking pictures of nature the most, too many of my photo albums have too few people in them. Some of my other interests are camping, cooking, Greek Mythology, reading, technology, and the weather.
I have a great family consisting of my Dad, Mom and a sister. I love them all very much and being from a small town we also live every close to most of our extended family. I want to be a teacher because I love kids. I love to work with them and watch them learn and I would love to be a part of that process.
As for my passions, I love God. Now I know that in the world today that idea has been smudged by a lot of people, and there are a lot of misconceptions floating around about christianity. I wont try to tell you that I know what's going on all the time or how to fix it, but I do have faith in God and I try to hold to Him in the good times and the bad. As a result, one of my passions in life is missionary work. As I stated earlier, I love to travel and I have been on several mission trips both in and out of the United States. I hope to one day use my skills as a teacher to travel abroad and help other people both spiritually and intellectually. One of my other passions is camp ministry. For the past three years I have spent my summers at a campground working youth and children's camps. Camp is one of my favorite places and I will always treasure my memories there. I love it because it really gives me an opportunity to get on a one-on-one level with kids and really get to know them. I hope that one day these experiences will benefit me as an educator.
