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ABOUT US

Jonathan and Esther met in the Biersdorf Library at Ecumenical Theological Seminary and on August 30, 2007 they were married in Seoul, South Korea. In 2009, they moved to Miami, Florida to allow Jonathan to begin his doctoral work at St. Thomas University in practical theology. They purchased a rundown house in south west Miami-Dade and rehabbed it into a home with a yard full of tropical fruit trees. In May of 2016, they moved to the Seacoast of New Hampshire when Jonathan was called to serve as the settled pastor and teacher of Stratham Community Church. They live there with their daughter, Enye Grace, and their pets Mercedes and Pancake as well as flock of heritage breed chickens until Jihey was called to serve at Hawai'i Care Choices on the Big Island.

Hobbies: 

  • Bird-watching

  • Gardening 

  • Artistian Soap Making 

  • Cooking and BBQ

  • Raising Zebra Finches 

  • Hiking and Nature Watching 

Churches Near and Dear to Us:

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Favorite Places and Businesses: 

Our Tropical Garden: 

  • Sugarloaf Pineapples

  • Lychee (Princess)

  • Goldfinger Bananas

  • Cuban Red Bananas

  • Mysore Bananas

  • Plantains

  • Rosigold Mangoe

  • Hayden Mangoe

  • Elephant Apple

  • Mulberry 

  • Yellow Passion Fruit (Sweet Sunrise)

  • Purple Passion Fruit (Purple Possum)

  • Jujube 

  • Jackfruit

  • Araza Boi

  • Avocado 

  • Carambola (Sri Kembangan)

  • Red Custard Apple

  • Dragon Fruit (Zamorano)

  • Papaya (Red Lady)

  • Pomegranate (Vietnamese Red)

Our New England Garden: 

  • Asian Pear, Korean Giant

  • Golden Delicious Apples 

  • Cortland Apples

  • Baldwin Apples

  • Hardy Kiwi 

  • Goji Berries 

  • Heritage Peaches 

  • Heritage Pears 

  • Sweet Cherries 

  • A Huge Veggie Garden 

  • Jonathan's Greenhouse:

    • Meyer Lemon ​

    • Ice Cream Banana 

    • Dwarf Cavendish Banana  

    • Pineapple 

    • Citron 

    • Passion Fruit (Purple Possum)

    • Bay Leaf

    • Lemon Grass 

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