there's no place like home

"And how I'm all wrapped up in my mother's face
With a touch of my father just up around the eyes
And the sound of my brother's laugh
But more wrapped up in what binds our ever distant lives

But if I must go
Things I trust will be better off without me
But I don't want to know
Life is better off a mystery

So keep'em coming these lines on the road
And keep me responsible be it a light or heavy load
And keep me guessing with these blessings in disguise
And I'll walk with grace my feet and faith my eyes" -- faith my eyes - by Caedmon's Call


I always put this song on in my car when I am missing home, or thinking about Bend.
Do you know what I am thankful for this Thanksgiving? I am thankful to come home to a house where I am always welcomed by loving wonderful parents who will just sit and talk with me. I am thankful for a brother, sister in law, and nephew who came over from Boise to coem and simply be together as a family.
I love to sit with them by the fire and talk about God, and dream about His work in the world and how we can jump in. I'm thankful for friends who will call, come over, share a cup of coffee, share a bunch of memories, share dreams for the future. I'm thankful for snowflakes after 8 months in tropical weather. I could list things I'm thankful for forever.

so what am I up to now?
I'm working through my last year of college at Biola, trying to finish up some last classes, and squeeze the most I can get out of this place for my 25 Gs a year. (David took some time to help me with my reading while I was home...he was worried I wouldn't pass my literature competency test.)
I am coaching a girls varsity high school soccer team at Whittier Christian, and loving it. Those girls are helping me deal with my soccer withdrawls now that my playing career is done at Biola (and my dad says, "hallelujiah").

I am staying busy at church too, trying to keep my place in the coffee ministry, but also leading worship more and more, which is a pretty cool experience. I love church, it's so fun to wake up on sunday morning excited to go.

Now I'm praying about what God has for me next year. Hopefully He answes soon, so I can have something to tell the thousands of people who keep asking, "So Keri, what are you doing after you graduate?" All I know as that He keeps leading me into better and better seasons of my life, so I'm excited to see where we go next.

well this post is getting long. so I'll throw down the question of the day:
what song are you feeling now, and why?