About us

We are Alfred and Jewel, two individuals now bonded together through marriage. We both love adventure and Jesus. We discovered these things in our own unique ways, but the passion for these are strong for us both. Here is a little glimpse of who we are, what adventure means to us, how we discovered it and what it means to consider adventure throughout life.

My name is Alfred Ottosson, the creator of this blog. I have been writing updates now for a few years to give you, the reader, a picture of where I am at with pursuing being a pilot mechanic for serving isolated people. Since the summer of 2018, I married Jewel and she is now the newest addition to the team. Exciting stuff. We currently live in Spokane WA although I am originally from Sweden. I grew up in Nepal where my parents served as missionaries for six years. Having moved back and forth between two vastly different countries separated vastly in culture and distance I think I from a very young age became a wanderer. Thinking back over my life I have always sought to challenge myself, to push harder and not giving easily. I found my passion for the outdoors where I was challenged and were I in many ways learned who I was. It was in the situations where I was deep into the woods at night, taking shelter from the storm in a snow cave and where my body was aching and begging me to stop walking where I learned about who I was. I loved to be in such a place because it was there where Jesus, my Lord and savior, was present. I thought to myself that I would not wish for anything else than to be with Him more and since it was in the wilderness He was the closest to me, it was there I wanted to remain. The wilderness is where I am being challenged. It is there where adventure lies waiting. It became my prayer to live an adventure.

So I started thinking about this adventure. Somewhere I understood that it was more than exploring the uncharted nature of the earth. It was a different kind of quest I was about to set out on. I am still on that quest. It is a pursuit of God and He draws me out into other sorts of wildernesses. God keeps on inviting me into new challenges and phases of life and asks me to make this journey with Him. Therefore, I will for days to come consider adventure as my best option in life. It is the path where I will be as close to Him as I possibly can.

Hello, I am Jewel Ottosson. Alfred’s new teammate in this life of adventure. Adventure was not new to me when I met Alfred. The first four years of my life were spent on a YMCA summer camp that my parents managed which is where adventure started for me. Alfred mentioned he was a wander, I was too but in a slightly different way. I discovered how to unlock our front door so that I could explore the woods alone. This was not welcomed by my parents at all, for good reason. My winter wanderings were stopped when my mom finally uncovered how I was unlocking the top deadbolt of the door. But that wandering spirit and uncontainable curiosity continued even when we moved to the coast of California and out of the mountains. Although it would lay dormant only to be rediscovered in a vastly new dimension.

When I was 22 I joined a summer internship at the Twin Cities House of Prayer. My expectation was to encounter Jesus through worship and intercessory prayer as the internship equipped us to learn how to study and meditate on Scripture. I did not know that it would actually drastically change my definition of adventure.
There I sat in a dimly lit room frustrated and restless. I was supposed to be worshiping, instead I was dreaming of exploring Northern Minnesota. I wanted adventure. I was craving open skies and smells of forests. That is when a seemingly simple thought came into my mind…”I was made for the adventures of pursuing the heart of Jesus.” This shook me from inside out. The smell of wildflowers, the sting of cold winds, and the melody of silent forests compared not to discovering and exploring who this wild God named Jesus is. So this is where my truest adventure began. In a dimly lit room surrounded by those worshiping and interceding. I began to fashion my life with this one pursuit in my mind. ” I am made for the true adventure of discovering the vast, wildness of Jesus.” I hope you too will be caught up in this adventure with us.