Mikayla & Kiefer

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🌿 About Us

Mikayla (Ayla) is a calm, empathetic, and attentive soul with a background in mental health counseling. She’s a potter, a gardener, and someone who naturally creates grounded, nourishing spaces for others. She has volunteered around the world — from teaching English to refugees in the U.S. to helping with farming, animal care, and hospitality abroad. She loves learning languages to deepen cultural understanding and connection.

Kiefer is optimistic, compassionate, and endlessly curious. He comes from the tech world and brings an organized, thoughtful approach to everything he does. In the U.S. he spent time volunteering with homeless communities and cares deeply about dignity, belonging, and service.

🌍 Who We Are Together

We are an intentional, service-oriented married couple traveling long-term to learn from the world. We’re curious, open-hearted, and committed to slow, respectful, meaningful travel.

We’re drawn to places with deep cultural and spiritual roots, and we hope to contribute wherever we go, whether through hands-in-the-earth work, creative projects, caring for animals, or helping with community needs.

We believe in presence, kindness, and leaving every place a little better than we found it.

Interests

Politics / Social justice

Charity work

Culture

Languages

History

Gardening

Books

Art & design

Animals

Yoga / Wellness

Fitness

Hiking

Nature

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner

More details about my language interests
Mikayla is Portuguese-American. She also speaks a little Spanish, and is learning Greek and Arabic. She loves to learn languages to connect with locals during our travels! Language is not Kiefer’s strength but he is fluent in English :P

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Being an elderly companion

Babysitting and creative play

Helping around the house

General Maintenance

Hospitality/Tourism

House and pet sitting

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Some knowledge of:  

Charity Work

Art Projects

Eco Projects

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Animal Care

Helping with Computers/ Internet

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Able to teach about:  

Languages

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🌱 What We Can Offer

✅ Gardening & land care
✅ Animal care
✅ Childcare & community support
✅ Creative help
✅ Hospitality & guest support
✅ Organization & logistics
✅ Cultural exchange & language learning enthusiasm
✅ A grounded, respectful presence

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🌎 Our Values
• Slow travel & cultural respect
• Service and meaningful contribution
• Curiosity, humility & learning
• Sustainability & community
• Kindness as a daily practice

We genuinely want to understand the world through its people, rhythms, food, language, and land — not through a tourist lens, but through participation and care.

Age

31 & 34

What else ...

Outside of volunteering, we love spending our days in nature, walking local trails, and sharing good conversations over tea. Mikayla has practiced yoga for years and enjoys reading, pottery, and exploring handmade crafts and folk art traditions wherever we go. Kiefer loves being active — whether it’s hiking, going to the gym, or simply moving outdoors — and he’s always up for thoughtful conversations about philosophy, culture, and the human experience.

“At some point you have to stop looking for places of belonging, and become a place of belonging.”
— Francis Weller

We hope to be that — a place of belonging — wherever we go.

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