kelli - ProfilesArchive

About Me

You know my soul. You know all that needs to be done there. Do it in Your own way. Draw me to You, O my God. Fill me with Pure Love of You alone. Make me never go aside from the way of Your Love. Show me clearly that way and never let me depart from it: that will be enough. I leave everything in Your hands. You will guide me without error and without danger and I will love You all the way. I will belong to You. I will not be afraid of anything for I shall remain in Your hands and never leave You. - Thomas Merton

My Interests

god. aaron. friends. family. music. sweeping the floor. chelsey. painting. drawing. sculpting. travelling. experiencing new cultures. my roomates. slurpees. suckers. stickers. roadtrips. not shaving. perfectly sharpened pencils. the smell of librairies. symmetry. estonia. kids. animals. love. taking bad pictures. laughing. singing badly. watching movies. reading. sunsets. cheeziness. mom's cooking. being awkward. dying my hair. juice. mission trips. russian spies. puns. trashy magazines like us and people. being a pack rat. shows. drummer faces. drummers who play in bands with names like means. lying on the couch. cuddling. making out. eating. walking. watching soccer. church. young adults. kids clubs. friendspeak. spark. hardwood floors. making fun of accents. cutting hair. email. coffee. tea. the beach. devos. random sing a longs. dancing. weddings. flowers. power tools. random adventures. swedish coconut chocolate. being alone. worship. happiness. dumb jokes. anything small=cute. people watching. blowing my nose. learning. forgiving. my job. spontenaity. back rubs. mint conditioner. nostalgia. my hometown. randomness. tim hortons. smiling. change. reunions. laziness. daydreaming. hoping. hugs. high fives. scrunchy face game. pushing buttons. outdoor escalators. the south of france. africa... and on and on.

I'd like to meet:

here are a few pics from my time in kenya. lots of kibera. and of my kids at st. charles. sorry they're so blurry, i had to make the file small to go on here... ps - i have no idea where the cheezy music came from or how to take it off...

Music:

MEANS. these days: haste the day, funeral for a friend, born for battle, the fold, derek webb, dustin kensrue, the emerson letters.

Movies:

anchorman, the passion, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, american beauty, high fidelity, tremors, bowling for columbine, christmas vacation, finding nemo, mean girls, dumb and dumber, can't buy me love, napoleon dynamite, finding neverland, garden state, the notebook, rainman, hotel rwanda.

Television:

i don't watch tv. just cosby show on dvd.

Books:

i really love to read. mostly books from blesssings. that blair and dave recommend. currently reading 'rich christians in an age of hunger' and 'the irresistible revolution'.

Heroes:

jesus. and saul, who was also called paul. and dan poole.

My Blog

slum tourism - PITY TOURS

"Slum tourism" stirs controversy in KenyaNAIROBI (Reuters) - It's the de rigueur stop off for caring foreign dignitaries. It reached a worldwide audience as a backdrop to the British blockbuster "The ...
Posted by kelli on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:52:00 PST

there's a stirring..

"Two guys are talking to each other, and one of them says he has a question for God. He wants to ask why God allows all of the poverty and war and suffering to exist in the world. And his ...
Posted by kelli on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:09:00 PST

bono's speech at prayer breakfast

this is a long one. but so good. If you're wondering what I'm doing here, at a prayer breakfast, well, so am I. I'm certainly not here as a man of the cloth, unless that cloth is leather. It's...
Posted by kelli on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:00:00 PST

the red paint by chelsey roberts

With my hand on my chair, I am found sitting; my eyes perfectly slanted downward. I am staring, hard, at the 8 1/2 by 11 blank MONSTER that has been taunting me for days. I pretend as though it isn't ...
Posted by kelli on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:42:00 PST

all in a day's work

the jigsaw is pretty much my favorite power tool that i use on a regular basis. it's fun. and it's generally pretty easy to operate. but sometimes i work on props that can be a little tric...
Posted by kelli on Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:50:00 PST

it was cold as a witch's teat

boy, i sure get a bang out of some of the lines in the catcher in the rye. waterfalls will be the death of me. not real ones hopefully. just these dang little ones i've been painting at work all ...
Posted by kelli on Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:41:00 PST

they will live on in my memory..

dear computer, i am just writing to inquire why you deleted all of my stuff. i mean, i thought we were getting along.. we've been spending a lot of time together, listening to some good mus...
Posted by kelli on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

might as well not even bother

i never thought i would be looking forward to going back to work. but this week i was. weird. but it's good to be doing something productive again. plus, they have me back in the construction departme...
Posted by kelli on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

i'd 6.5 him just to get in his car

here are some random quotes from my lst journal. a few of you will appreciate them. they make me laugh. so i'm posting them: -cina-nomin bars with lots of o-ats-it's fun to hate all that is Brit...
Posted by kelli on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

armastus ja vihkus

i hate goodbyes.i hate the achy hearts and tear stained cheeksi hate leaving people behind, not knowing if i'll ever see them again.i hate leaving a place that feels like home.i hate that our plane le...
Posted by kelli on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST