Good morning

Me filming, David Saw performing...

Good morning friends!

I hope you all are doing well and that life at home and school are treating you well. Please feel free to e-mail me updates on your life so I know how to pray for you and so I am not completely disconnected. I miss you all so much and wish each and everyone of you could be here to see what this place is really like. AMAZING! :)

As I sit here in this beautiful cafe with the sun rising outside, I find myself in awe of who our God is...the one who made this all. There are days when I still struggle a lot with why I am here...but then Warren Pettit, the artist's instructor, asks us the question, "What do you as an artist want to say?" And that is where it lies...what do we want to say? I don't know...but I am trying to figure that out. I write songs about my passions and heartache. I write about the feelings deep inside and the pain I see outside. My thoughts are flooded with those of this past spring and summer. The accident at TU, my month in Alaska, relationships, friends moving away, the list goes on and on. I simply struggle with how to put it all back into words. These concepts are so huge when you try to think of them all at once. Currently I am writing a song about one of my campers from this summer. It is about the pain in her life and how the world doesn't notice it. Kinda weird for me to say I am writing a song, much less one that is sad yet gripping. I give a lot of credit for my song writing to my roommates and to my friend Kyle. They have all helped me so much in working out words and a tune to the mess of stuff in my head...hey, I'll get this down some day...haha!

This week we had an artist visit us on Tuesday night. I had the opportunity to videotape him for this broadcast they will be putting together. I am excited that I was asked to continue to use my film skills. His name was David Saw. He is a really fun guy...great artist. It simply amazes me that I sat there and videotaped for him!!! I mean SWEET!

I continue to go through my days not believing I am really here...it feels like we won't be here any longer than 3 weeks. But I am, and I will be here for longer. ...weird! But I am excited to see how God continues to use this time here for His glory. I am so excited to see what happens at the end of April when all is said and done...:)

Thank you all for your continued prayers. They mean so much to me and I can truly feel them as I move throughout my day. May God bless you all in your many endeavors. :-P

Love,
~Kels