Hi folks! I'm Kera, but I'm guessing you already knew that.

I'm a small town girl from southwestern PA who migrated to Washington, DC in the fall of 2007 for college. After three years of perpetually changing my major and trying to figure out what to do with my life, I graduated in May of 2010 with a B.A. in Religious Studies.  Fortunately, graduating early does not mean that I have to leave my university.

I have the amazing opportunity to give a year of my time back to my campus working as an intern with Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship. Essentially, I'll be serving the campus community, sharing the love of God with students, and spending lots of time learning about ministry. And, there is nothing I would rather do.  Why you may ask would I want to spend a year of my life working with college students?

This handy dandy blog has a tab entitled why and you should check it out, but there is also a simple answer.... because God has radically changed my life and I believe that His heart is to change the lives of other students on my campus so that they can change the world.

Here is my story:  At a young age, I decided that I wanted to know who Jesus was and that believing in Him was better than the alternative.  I cannot remember a point when God was not real in my life. Yet, I always seemed to doubt His love for me.  It was not until high school that I realized that God cared for me and had purpose for my life. However, by the time I began college, I had shut God out and had decided to find success in my own stoic, isolated, selfish way.

When I arrived in DC, I wanted nothing to do with a Christian community or people in general. Three years later, I can hardly believe how much has changed. I stumbled upon, or more accurately surprisingly fell into Chi Alpha. Soon the group of strangers that I was trying to avoid became my family on campus. The summer between my freshman and sophomore years, I went to a discipleship program in Montana and confirmed that vocational ministry was in my future. After two years of maturing and wrestling with the idea of ministry, I felt God's leading to apply to the Chi Alpha internship program.

I don't know what the future holds, but I do know that for this next year, I am excited to serve God and love people on campus. Ministry was an unexpected career path, one that combines all my passions into an amazing way to reach people's lives and bring a little of God's Kingdom into this world.

I spend my days...

stalking- I mean spending time with- friends; reading anything I can get my hands on; late night chats, deep stimulating conversation, senseless blabbering and scheming up imaginary plots; sitting down with a pen or keyboard and watching words pour out onto the page; building an eclectic array of favorite movies and music; reflecting upon law, government, politics and all that jazz; exploring psychology, sociology, and just trying to figure out how the human species functions; diving into theology, religion and spirituality; finding ways to satisfy my competitive edge; aimlessly roaming around the city; attempting to be helpful; stargazing from the roof; laughing and making others laugh whenever possible; learning new things and rediscovering old truths; living life with God.