Meet our Leadership Team
True North Adventures was founded in 2022 and is affiliated with Bayside Adventure Sports and G1 Outdoors. True North Retreats is an extension of True North Adventures.
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Pete Morrill
Pete is a dynamic leader and, as both a youth pastor and camping director for Mt. Hermon's Kidder Creek Camp in Greenview, California for a combined 26 years, he offered hundreds of people life coaching and Rick Warren's "S.H.A.P.E" training amidst stunning backdrops of natural beauty. He professionally guides whitewater rafting trips, hunting and fishing expeditions, and more. He especially enjoys traveling with his wife in foreign lands. When it feels like your compass is broken, he will graciously, yet directly assist you in finding clarity and purpose in your life. His passion is challenging leaders to be change agents in the world. Pete's success as the owner of a thriving Labrador retriever breeding and training business also gives him a platform for sharing wisdom principles related to giving, saving money, getting out of debt, and planning for the future.
Julie Morrill
Pete's wife, Julie, is a professional life coach, ministry leader/coordinator, and writer. When it comes to life coaching, she will, in her gentle yet pragmatic and direct manner, ask you tough questions, listen carefully, inspire you to understand your calling and stay on the path to your destiny. Julie's other favorite pastimes are booking guest speakers to share their personal stories with small groups (especially on outdoor adventure trips) and meeting with other writers to encourage and inspire their creativity. She delights in adventure travel overseas with her husband, as well as with family and friends. She naturally gravitates to foreigners and loves getting to know them and learning about their unique cultures and customs.
Julie also works as a writer for G1Outdoors and the founder, Greg Weisman, was key in helping us start True North Adventures.
G1 Outdoors & Bayside Adventure Sports
Greg Weisman
True North Adventures is affiliated with Bayside Adventure Sports, a ministry of Bayside Church in Granite Bay, California, and G1 Outdoors, both of which were founded by Greg Weisman. We got connected with Greg because of our similar interests in the adventure activities and we love how we've been able to add our life coaching twist to being with people in the great outdoors. We love that Greg has taken his outdoor programs to more epic levels, like climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, hiking the Inca Trail in Machu Picchu, and more so much more. We've enjoyed amazing trips with Bayside & G1 and we want to expand the vision to include more people and take you to more fun, beautiful and amazing destinations!
Daniel & Jodi Jansen
Daniel & Jodi are outdoor enthusiasts with boundless energy and a keen love for people. The parents of two kids as well as foster kids, Daniel is a social worker who cares for underprivileged youth, as well as a talented musical artist. Jodi is a busy homeschooler, professional architectural draftsperson, beautiful musical artist, and compassionate caregiver. Not only do Daniel and Jodi have giving hearts and a determination to help others, but they have an infectious zeal for nature and outdoor sports. Whenever possible, you can find them with their kids, skiing, snowboarding, hiking, snorkeling, mountain biking, whitewater rafting, camping, or backpacking in exotic and wilderness regions of the world.
Andy Warken
Andy Warken is a third-generation camp director, and he's currently the director of Kidder Creek Camp in Scott Valley (the same camp where Pete was the director for 20 years). Both Andy and his father and grandfather directed camps for Word of Life Ministries. Andy spent his early childhood on the mission field in Spain, and then his teenage years working at Word of Life Ranch in upstate New York.
After earning a Bachelor's degree in camp ministry in Virginia, Andy came away with a love for moving water and wilderness ministry, as well as an even greater love for his wife, Emily, whom he met doing “campy” things while they were students.
Andy served as the Director of Programming for multiple sites and various year-round ministries at Lake Geneva Youth Camp in Wisconsin, but he felt the tug back to a wilderness mountain setting where whitewater and horses were a part of the everyday scenery...and that place is beautiful Kidder Creek Camp in Greenview, CA.
Whether it's whitewater kayaking or rafting, mountain biking, or anything outdoors, you can find Andy (and his family) in the beauty of creation.
James Johnson
With his bold spirit and dedication to serving people, James enjoys blessing others with his patient heart and listening ear. He is at home outside in nature, fishing, hunting, target shooting, boating, camping, water skiing, and downhill skiing.
Jim Morris
As a lifelong rancher and farmer, Jim is the quintessential cowboy. He's also a gifted teacher and wise, sympathetic coach to people of all ages. When he's not herding sheep, roping cattle on horseback, driving a tractor, packing horses in the alpine wilderness, or teaching 4H-ers how to target bow shoot, he's volunteering as a mediator and peacemaker with the Farm Bureau or enjoying any number of outdoor sports with his wife, Katie, and at least one of his three grown kids.
Katie Morris
Jim's wife, Katie, is a much-loved high school English teacher and 4H leader. She's also a gifted Bible teacher with a heart to see women of all ages understand their calling in life.
Katie is enthusiastic about outdoor adventure and enjoys downhill skiing, hiking, camping, bow shooting, backpacking, and horseback riding with her husband, friends, and family.
Mark Freudenburg
Mark Freudenburg is a retired Math Teacher. During his career he also coached tennis, helped direct the school musicals, and was the faculty advisor for the Fellowship of Christian Miners club at Yreka High School. He loves being outside in nature and considers camping with family to be his favorite activity. Mark always felt like he was called by God into public school teaching and continues to feel that sharing Jesus is a top priority for his life.
Sue Freudenburg
Sue Freudenburg also retired from Yreka High School where she taught English and Social Studies (History, Government and Economics) to students who needed individualized instruction. She loves helping students find a meaningful path forward in life. Time with children and grandchildren, scrapbooking, and camping are her favorite pastimes, but her passion is living for Jesus.
Kevin Johnson
Kevin is a young yet experienced youth leader who cares deeply for others through his kind, steadfast patience and listening ear. He loves getting outdoors and, year-round, you can find him snowboarding, camping, or backpacking in the back-country wilds of Siskiyou County and other regions of the U.S
Grace Johnson
Kevin's wife, Grace, is a youth leader with a compassionate heart and a determination to coach young people in making wise decisions in life. She brings a lot of joy to others with her gifts of encouragement, hospitality, and enthusiastic zest for life. She’s passionate about the outdoors and invests her free time snowboarding, horseback riding, camping, and, and backpacking with her husband and friends.
Justin Fisher
Justin is Jenny's husband and father to three wonderful kids. Growing up in Siskiyou County, Justin was involved in many sports and it was these early experiences as an athlete which fostered his fascination with the human body and how it works. He has a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and a B.S. in Nursing. He works as an ER nurse and co-founded "The Well," an integrative medical clinic in Yreka, California, where he is a dedicated functional fitness coach. In his time off, you can find him with his family, mountain biking, back country, snowboarding, backpacking, wake-boarding, or water skiing.
Justin's passion is to provide whole healing so patients thrive; not just survive. He enjoys helping people reach their goals in life and see them realize their God-given potential and identity.
Jenny Fisher
Jenny is wife to Justin, mom to Dakota, Ryden and Kinley, and registered nurse and co-founder of "The Well" integrative medical clinic in Yreka, California. She has a genuine love for people and is passionate about helping others live their best life. She wants to help people fully understand their God-given identity so they can live life more abundantly and go out and change the world!
Jenny often hears adventure and the mountains calling her and has immersed herself in the culture and rainforests of Costa Rica as well as the wilds of Siskiyou County and other remote natural settings in the United States. Throughout the year, you can find her, with her husband and kids, backpacking, water skiing, cross country skiing, and alpine skiing.
Join us for the adventure of a lifetime!
No matter what your walk of life, you're welcome to join us on an outdoor adventure! We are a team of outdoor adventure leaders who live our lives authentically and with purpose. Like you, we love to get outdoors in creation to refresh our souls and spend time with likeminded friends. We also enjoy helping people make transformational decisions that redefine their lives.
Contact us!
Ask us about leading a workshop for your group, coming to coach with us in person, or to book a coaching session with one or both of us over the phone!
We want to hear from you! Let's talk about a coaching workshop or an outdoor coaching adventure where you can refresh your soul and reset your compass for more a better life!.