Dorm Reunion

Spring 2011

Winter 2010

On Sunday night, we had a reunion with the girls we neighbored with in the dorms! In January of 2010, I began school here at BYU- Idaho. I lived in Apartment 312 in Lamprecht Hall.  The girls in 311 and 313 became our best friends. We had many, many late nights of "girls forum" and eating cookie dough on kitchen floors. BYU- Idaho would not be the same without these girls! I am so grateful for them, and I am so grateful we're all still as close as we are one year later!

The Western Wall

Before I move on to current life events, I want to share with you my favorite place in the entire world. The Western Wall.  This little place in the Old City of Jerusalem is the most sacred place on Earth to the Jewish people. This wall is the closest they can get to being back at  Solomon's Temple. Hundreds of Jews come here everyday to worship and leave their prayers in the cracks of the wall. We've had the opportunity to come here several times while we studied in Jerusalem. To see the dedication these people have to their faith is beyond inspiring.

O' Jerusalem...

Last January I began the adventure of a lifetime.  I decided in July of 2010 to apply for the BYU- Jerusalem center, and was accepted in August. I lived there in Jerusalem, on Mt. Scopus for a little less than 4 months. There, I took classes in ancient and modern Near East, Arabic, and classes on the Old and New Testament. I explored what feels like ALL of Israel. I lived with about 80 of the most incredible people I've ever been privileged to meet. I was blessed to walk around some of the same areas our Savior, Jesus Christ walked. We also took trips to Egypt, and Jordan while staying there. Words cannot adequately express what it was like to be there. It's something that needs to be felt. I definitely plan on returning to Jerusalem within the next... mmm... 20 years. I've only been home for a few weeks, but already I would give anything to go back there. I left a piece of my heart in the Holy Land forever.

Beginning the blogging

I guess it's time I jump on this blogging bandwagon. I've fought against it for quite sometime, but I knew this day would be coming soon. So welcome to my blog!  I'm looking forward to getting some snippets, and happenings  of my life posted on here. Just to give a quick background, my name's Keri and I'm studying international studies with an emphasis on health science here at BYU- Idaho, in Rexburg. I just returned last month from a life changing study abroad at the BYU-Jerusalem center in Israel. I'm the youngest of four siblings and grew up in Bountiful, Utah. Now, let's get to the more exciting posts:)