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]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:00:10 GMT D74FB9CA82FE19798719875DD92369AC We just landed in Chicago, http://zemerlevav.org/kerahscorner.cfm?feature=1073442&postid=1882582 We just landed in Chicago, we'll be on our way to Japan in no time! We just landed in Chicago, we?ll be on our way to Japan in no time!

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]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:19:05 GMT A17407BCA83B88E0797D0F881469A4C8 I love my man... Ok, http://zemerlevav.org/kerahscorner.cfm?feature=1073442&postid=1882585 I love my man... Ok, he found my passport. I've avoided writing sappy stuff about my ooey gooey feelings in my status, but he's my hero. I love my man? Ok, he found my passport. I?ve avoided writing sappy stuff about my ooey gooey feelings in my status, but he?s my hero.

]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:34:58 GMT 91C27816722BF024C559495D61E75C56 Well... I can't find my http://zemerlevav.org/kerahscorner.cfm?feature=1073442&postid=1882586 Well... I can't find my passport. Well? I can?t find my passport.

]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:28:23 GMT D7EB6A51C51FC04D339E3350CF994021 SPRING IS HERE!!It's amazing how quickly the season has... http://zemerlevav.org/kerahscorner.cfm?feature=1073442&postid=1882587 My trick to keeping my pj's warm FINALLY! Andre let me cut his hair. <3 With Jake Shimabukuro After his KC gig Smoothing out a rough part in a dance. My current (messy) practice station. SPRING IS HERE!!It's amazing how quickly the season has changed.We began March running our space heater on high, and huddling under two thick blankets, but for the first time today, we ran the AC! It's been a productive couple of weeks, I gave Andre a haircut, no one cried, and Adrielle surprised us with Tickets to go see Jake Shimabukuro (Ukulele Master) in concert.I tried to keep it a secret, but he found out any way. D8It was a really spectacular concert, we laughed, we almost cried, it was definitely worth the price of admission. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k&feature=fvst" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k&feature=fvst <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8SBrxJldbw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8SBrxJldbw IN OTHER NEWS:in the midst of business, Birthday, and general madness that usually describes a day in this life, we are finding ourselves cramming rehearsals in every day. It's been a challenge, especially for Natanyah who's only just learning some material that the rest of us have been doing for the past 10 years. We've even been doing concerts up till this last weekend, and praying like crazy for the finances to come in. At this point, we have no more doors to knock on, so the rest is in God's hands, and we're focusing all our attention on getting prepared for this amazing adventure. Tonight WE PACK!! Tomorrow, WE BOOGIE, the day after that, WE FLY (for a very long time.)What I wouldn't give for an Ipad right now. Oh Ipad *Sigh* you are a cruel muse.Hahahaha!! Thank you all for your prayers, and to to those of you who didn't even know about our trip to Japan and Korea, I'm sorry. I've found myself much more interested in the wildly entertaining antics of my new husband than pretty much anything else. God bless!!
My trick to keeping my pj's warm


FINALLY! Andre let me cut his hair. <3


With Jake Shimabukuro After his KC gig


Smoothing out a rough part in a dance.


My current (messy) practice station.

SPRING IS HERE!!
It?s amazing how quickly the season has changed.
We began March running our space heater on high, and huddling under two thick blankets, but for the first time today, we ran the AC!

It?s been a productive couple of weeks, I gave Andre a haircut, no one cried, and Adrielle surprised us with Tickets to go see Jake Shimabukuro (Ukulele Master) in concert.
I tried to keep it a secret, but he found out any way. D8
It was a really spectacular concert, we laughed, we almost cried, it was definitely worth the price of admission.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k&feature=fvst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8SBrxJldbw
IN OTHER NEWS:

in the midst of business, Birthday, and general madness that usually describes a day in this life, we are finding ourselves cramming rehearsals in every day. It?s been a challenge, especially for Natanyah who?s only just learning some material that the rest of us have been doing for the past 10 years.

We?ve even been doing concerts up till this last weekend, and praying like crazy for the finances to come in.

At this point, we have no more doors to knock on, so the rest is in God?s hands, and we?re focusing all our attention on getting prepared for this amazing adventure.

Tonight WE PACK!! Tomorrow, WE BOOGIE, the day after that, WE FLY (for a very long time.)

What I wouldn?t give for an Ipad right now. Oh Ipad *Sigh* you are a cruel muse.

Hahahaha!! Thank you all for your prayers, and to to those of you who didn?t even know about our trip to Japan and Korea, I?m sorry. I?ve found myself much more interested in the wildly entertaining antics of my new husband than pretty much anything else.

God bless!!

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:01:45 GMT 4CA8D6E4F7505131CBD1E4740CB73F1B Flurries and rain http://zemerlevav.org/kerahscorner.cfm?feature=1073442&postid=709323 It's a new year, and already it seems like challenges have popped up to test the strength of my heart. If I'm being optimistic though, this year has started out with a lot of promise. Doors are opening, paths are unwinding,&nbsp; and as some things will pass away, other things I'd forgotten (Or taken for granted) are being rediscovered. The intricacies of life will never cease to amaze me, God is good. Here I am, writing again after one of my typically long absences. (I'm laughing at myself in this space ok? ;) ) And I'm trying to remember the last time I did something, like writing a blog. It feels incredibly good. =) December was a full and slightly hectic month, and it felt like that busyness leaked over into the beginning of January. But we've been forced to take a step back and breathe deeply for about a week, because we all got hit with a nasty flu. It knocked my dad on his back for almost 5 days. I slept for about 3 days straight and woke up with no appetite. I just started wanting food again this evening, so I'll probably be working on gaining that weight back this next week. ;) Hahahaa! We've been fortunate enough to have been visiting with my oldest sister during this time, so we've had a place to park and not be bothered. I actually physically feel pretty great, I'm still taking it easy though, cause my body is malnourished. But you know what? This is just something that comes with the territory. It's normal for people to get sick, but when you travel a lot, it's even more easy to catch bugs, and viruses. You're immune system is constantly bombarded, and your body is under a lot of stress. We're actually really blessed that we aren't sick ALL the time. This hit us during a season were our schedule is pretty light, so I'm thankful. It's been nice to see my cute little niece and nephew while I've been well also. Today, I've got to get back to work on this looming pile of &quot;To Do&quot;'s I think I'll probably always have a To Do list floating around somewhere in a notebook. lol I think it's time to get my own white board and just constantly change the content. It'll be my &quot;Eternal To Do list&quot; we'll have a long and rocky relationship, filled with peril, and intrigue. Oh boy, I really should sleep more, I just feel like I've been asleep so long already, that it's hard to make myself sleep more. But I think I will sleep a little now that I've had a good ramble. I'm looking forward to the Beth Zion Women's retreat in PA coming up this February. I'm ecstatic to be helping with Worship this year, along with some really lovely people. As always, your prayers are welcome. I hope this Blog finds you blessed, stay warm! &lt;3 ~Kerah Joy If I'm being optimistic though, this year has started out with a lot of promise. Doors are opening, paths are unwinding, 
and as some things will pass away, other things I'd forgotten (Or taken for granted) are being rediscovered.
The intricacies of life will never cease to amaze me, God is good.
Here I am, writing again after one of my typically long absences. (I'm laughing at myself in this space ok? ;) )
And I'm trying to remember the last time I did something, like writing a blog.
It feels incredibly good. =)

December was a full and slightly hectic month, and it felt like that busyness leaked over into the beginning of January.
But we've been forced to take a step back and breathe deeply for about a week, because we all got hit with a nasty flu.
It knocked my dad on his back for almost 5 days. I slept for about 3 days straight and woke up with no appetite.
I just started wanting food again this evening, so I'll probably be working on gaining that weight back this next week. ;) Hahahaa!
We've been fortunate enough to have been visiting with my oldest sister during this time,
so we've had a place to park and not be bothered.
I actually physically feel pretty great, I'm still taking it easy though, cause my body is malnourished.
But you know what? This is just something that comes with the territory.
It's normal for people to get sick, but when you travel a lot, it's even more easy to catch bugs, and viruses.
You're immune system is constantly bombarded, and your body is under a lot of stress.
We're actually really blessed that we aren't sick ALL the time.
This hit us during a season were our schedule is pretty light, so I'm thankful.
It's been nice to see my cute little niece and nephew while I've been well also.
Today, I've got to get back to work on this looming pile of "To Do"'s
I think I'll probably always have a To Do list floating around somewhere in a notebook. lol
I think it's time to get my own white board and just constantly change the content.
It'll be my "Eternal To Do list" we'll have a long and rocky relationship, filled with peril, and intrigue.
Oh boy, I really should sleep more, I just feel like I've been asleep so long already, that it's hard to make myself sleep more.
But I think I will sleep a little now that I've had a good ramble.
I'm looking forward to the Beth Zion Women's retreat in PA coming up this February.
I'm ecstatic to be helping with Worship this year, along with some really lovely people.
As always, your prayers are welcome.
I hope this Blog finds you blessed, stay warm! <3
~Kerah Joy

]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:23:53 GMT D9AD179CA8CBED4D5B9F61CCD9A46A89 The week of broken strings http://zemerlevav.org/kerahscorner.cfm?feature=1073442&postid=272812 I can't even believe it, but it happened. I broke the low E string on my guitar, and a day later I broke the two highest strings on my Lyre. These things never seem to happen when you have TIME to spend on fixing them. My guitar string broke a few minutes before sound check, I ran out to the RV but couldn't find my spare set of strings any where. My father ended up lending me his guitar. &lt;3 The lyre strings broke just before our TV spot a day later, I'd already ripped through my spare string, and then my lyre overbalanced while I was tuning and it landed (String side) on my knee. It was a little disheartening, not gonna lie. Fortunately Rick and Mary Woods had provided my mother with her own, so I borrowed my mother's Lyre, and it sounded just as nice. :) It seems that every time I'm writing a blog, or answering an e-mail, I look up at the clock and realize it's 3 am. As I sit here, rattling away on my keyboard. I look over at my grey Lyre case and smile, remembering that two of my strings were once sitting in a box, awaiting a short life on some young hopeful's electric guitar. It's almost a perfect parallel of my life, I wanted to be Amy Lee before I knew Amy Lee existed. I used to think that I could use the darker part of myself to reach other people, but now that the hormones have calmed down a little, and I watched what Amy Lee went through, I realized the wisdom in trying to draw inspiration from the good things in life. We can always use more optimism in the world. I actually think it can be easier to draw from our negative experiences when we're trying to express something deeper. I think one of the biggest breakthroughs I had, as a songwriter, was when I realized that &quot;Deep&quot; didn't mean &quot;negative&quot; and &quot;writing honest-human music&quot; didn't mean revealing all your insecurities/fears all the time. I aspired to what I thought was greatness, I was wanting to be seen as some one real, and strong, and special. What I probably would have done instead, would have been to put more fuel on the fires of negative thinking. Just like those electric guitar strings, I was ready to sing my edgy, angst-ridden heart out to a sea of ears that would only hear screaming. I was placed instead, in a family of Yeshua lovin' hippies, and I sing soft, soft love songs to the only being who gets the subtext in my words. Instead I got beauty for edgy-ness, peace for anger, and songs instead of screaming. I like that exchange. I'm so glad those younger teenage years are over, and that I'm doing this with my life instead. I was about to say &quot;You have no idea&quot; but I believe a lot of you do. =) God Bless! ~Kerah I broke the low E string on my guitar, and a day later I broke the two highest strings on my Lyre. These things never seem to happen when you have TIME to spend on fixing them. My guitar string broke a few minutes before sound check, I ran out to the RV but couldn't find my spare set of strings any where. My father ended up lending me his guitar. <3
The lyre strings broke just before our TV spot a day later, I'd already ripped through my spare string, and then my lyre overbalanced while I was tuning and it landed (String side) on my knee. It was a little disheartening, not gonna lie. Fortunately Rick and Mary Woods had provided my mother with her own, so I borrowed my mother's Lyre, and it sounded just as nice. :)

It seems that every time I'm writing a blog, or answering an e-mail, I look up at the clock and realize it's 3 am.
As I sit here, rattling away on my keyboard. I look over at my grey Lyre case and smile, remembering that two of my strings were once sitting in a box, awaiting a short life on some young hopeful's electric guitar.
It's almost a perfect parallel of my life, I wanted to be Amy Lee before I knew Amy Lee existed. I used to think that I could use the darker part of myself to reach other people, but now that the hormones have calmed down a little, and I watched what Amy Lee went through, I realized the wisdom in trying to draw inspiration from the good things in life. We can always use more optimism in the world. I actually think it can be easier to draw from our negative experiences when we're trying to express something deeper. I think one of the biggest breakthroughs I had, as a songwriter, was when I realized that "Deep" didn't mean "negative" and "writing honest-human music" didn't mean revealing all your insecurities/fears all the time. I aspired to what I thought was greatness, I was wanting to be seen as some one real, and strong, and special. What I probably would have done instead, would have been to put more fuel on the fires of negative thinking. Just like those electric guitar strings, I was ready to sing my edgy, angst-ridden heart out to a sea of ears that would only hear screaming. I was placed instead, in a family of Yeshua lovin' hippies, and I sing soft, soft love songs to the only being who gets the subtext in my words. Instead I got beauty for edgy-ness, peace for anger, and songs instead of screaming. I like that exchange.
I'm so glad those younger teenage years are over, and that I'm doing this with my life instead. I was about to say "You have no idea" but I believe a lot of you do. =) God Bless!

~Kerah

]]> Thu, 06 May 2010 15:30:46 GMT B52CA2F58237927072439B3D57278906 Video Blogs any one? http://zemerlevav.org/kerahscorner.cfm?feature=1073442&postid=269206 &nbsp;Hey everybody! Over the past several months, I've been utilizing my webcam and documenting pieces of our journey. I've just recently figured out how to upload these videos to youtube, and then Link them HERE! I've been busy as a bee sorting through them and editing, but I can't wait to share them with you.&nbsp; A few are out of date by several months, but I think you'll like catching up on some of our past adventures we haven't had a chance to share! I also plan to place a few teaser clips of us practicing some of the new material in the blogs, so keep your ears peeled. ;) We're in Texas now, and looking forward to revisiting some congregations we haven't been to in a year or two, the weather's good, we're not too close to Juarez and we're hoping to get more headway in the new music, can't wait to share it all with you! God bless &lt;3 Over the past several months, I've been utilizing my webcam and documenting pieces of our journey. I've just recently figured out how to upload these videos to youtube, and then Link them HERE!
I've been busy as a bee sorting through them and editing, but I can't wait to share them with you. 
A few are out of date by several months, but I think you'll like catching up on some of our past adventures we haven't had a chance to share!
I also plan to place a few teaser clips of us practicing some of the new material in the blogs, so keep your ears peeled. ;)

We're in Texas now, and looking forward to revisiting some congregations we haven't been to in a year or two, the weather's good, we're not too close to Juarez and we're hoping to get more headway in the new music, can't wait to share it all with you!
God bless <3


]]> Tue, 04 May 2010 17:12:49 GMT 2D016F5B3C43FCBFD8111060538A0B85 The Calm Before the Storm (Part 2) http://zemerlevav.org/kerahscorner.cfm?feature=1073442&postid=247890 &nbsp;Later that same week I was presented with a very blunt sort of wake up call concerning my future. It came in the form of very pointed questions from my best friend&rsquo;s mom. She asked me what I saw myself doing in the next five years, and I had no idea how to answer. I drew a blank. I had no active plans or ideas, just dreams and hopes. Needless to say it really got me thinking. So over the past year, I asked God for clarity and over the months pieces of a plan started coming together. A year or two ago I got a word about ministering in New York, I really wasn't sure about it. I was born in California, and raised in a tiny mid-western town in Kansas, so big cities have never been my thing. I held it up in prayer and expected the idea to slowly fade away. It didn't. Instead I started seeing similarities between New York City, and the bigger cities in Israel, my heart started softening, and during our Israel trip in the spring of 09' I got a word about &quot;Branching out&quot; from a friend at the first concert we played after we got back to America. I got another word about &quot;Branching out&quot; then another and another. This was the confirmation I was looking for to finally focus on writing new material, and starting work on a solo Demo project. And it was also the beginning of confirmation about ministering in New York. I started discussing a break from touring with my parents. Not a week long break, or a two week long break, but a three month break, we were soon covering the idea with prayer regularly, discussing options, and pouring over our schedule to consider the feasibility. Plans started falling together supernaturally, and everything lined up perfectly to allow us time to record our new album as part of our break from touring! During this interesting season of preparation, I heard about the Stilettos run for Stop Child Trafficking Now, and knew I needed to go to New York to be a part of their fund raiser, and that opened a whole new can of worms as I planned a ten day trip to New York City with my best friends (who were more than happy to go along with the crazy scheme.) That trip was a total miracle, every where we went we met believers who opened their homes to us, so we didn&rsquo;t need to pay for hotels (Which was good, because God provided enough for food and Metro Cards for the train.) The day of the run it rained, heavily and continually. Despite the rain and the freezing cold, hundreds of people showed up to support the cause. Over $40,000 were raised in one afternoon. Money that will go towards rescuing children from sexual slavery, to help fund the Navy Seals who have dedicated time to apply their skills to tracking down sexual predators in America/save the children from prostitution, to raise awareness of this criminal business, and to petition for more strict laws against it in our country. I have continued to send funds their way ever since, and have had the privilege to connect a few people with similar visions with this non-profit organization. Around this event I was able to spend time building friendships with young Messianic believers, and I fell in love with New York. (Didn&rsquo;t see that coming. Silly me, so blind!) Meanwhile God has continued to bless and direct all our plans for this summer. He connected us with several anointed gifted people to help us with this album, and we are getting more and more excited as we work on our new material. Pray for this project, it will cost a lot of money that only God can provide. Sometimes being poor is irritating, but it teaches us to be more dependant on God&rsquo;s mercy, so I can&rsquo;t really complain. =) It came in the form of very pointed questions from my best friend’s mom.
She asked me what I saw myself doing in the next five years, and I had no idea how to answer.
I drew a blank. I had no active plans or ideas, just dreams and hopes. Needless to say it really got me thinking.
So over the past year, I asked God for clarity and over the months pieces of a plan started coming together.

A year or two ago I got a word about ministering in New York, I really wasn't sure about it.
I was born in California, and raised in a tiny mid-western town in Kansas, so big cities have never been my thing.
I held it up in prayer and expected the idea to slowly fade away.
It didn't.
Instead I started seeing similarities between New York City, and the bigger cities in Israel, my heart started softening, and during our Israel trip in the spring of 09'
I got a word about "Branching out" from a friend at the first concert we played after we got back to America.
I got another word about "Branching out" then another and another.

This was the confirmation I was looking for to finally focus on writing new material, and starting work on a solo Demo project.
And it was also the beginning of confirmation about ministering in New York.
I started discussing a break from touring with my parents.
Not a week long break, or a two week long break, but a three month break, we were soon covering the idea with prayer regularly, discussing options, and pouring over our schedule to consider the feasibility.
Plans started falling together supernaturally, and everything lined up perfectly to allow us time to record our new album as part of our break from touring!

During this interesting season of preparation, I heard about the Stilettos run for Stop Child Trafficking Now, and knew I needed to go to New York to be a part of their fund raiser, and that opened a whole new can of worms as I planned a ten day trip to New York City with my best friends (who were more than happy to go along with the crazy scheme.) That trip was a total miracle, every where we went we met believers who opened their homes to us, so we didn’t need to pay for hotels (Which was good, because God provided enough for food and Metro Cards for the train.) The day of the run it rained, heavily and continually. Despite the rain and the freezing cold, hundreds of people showed up to support the cause. Over $40,000 were raised in one afternoon. Money that will go towards rescuing children from sexual slavery, to help fund the Navy Seals who have dedicated time to apply their skills to tracking down sexual predators in America/save the children from prostitution, to raise awareness of this criminal business, and to petition for more strict laws against it in our country. I have continued to send funds their way ever since, and have had the privilege to connect a few people with similar visions with this non-profit organization.
Around this event I was able to spend time building friendships with young Messianic believers, and I fell in love with New York. (Didn’t see that coming. Silly me, so blind!)

Meanwhile God has continued to bless and direct all our plans for this summer. He connected us with several anointed gifted people to help us with this album, and we are getting more and more excited as we work on our new material.

Pray for this project, it will cost a lot of money that only God can provide. Sometimes being poor is irritating, but it teaches us to be more dependant on God’s mercy, so I can’t really complain. =)
]]> Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:41:52 GMT 8D64D9675479F7A822338EA860574719 The Calm Before the Storm http://zemerlevav.org/kerahscorner.cfm?feature=1073442&postid=140325 There's no other way to describe this year. We've dealt with a good deal of chaos, but this really feels like a gentle simmering before the massive boiling over. (Speaking of the Political atmosphere of 09') Our country is in labor pains, and I'm not sure the baby's going to be pretty. Any way, back to the peaceful thoughts: This year started with an incredibly encouraging Women's Retreat in PA. My mother (Shimrit), Sister (Liorah) and I (Duh) helped lead a worship set over the weekend, and I felt really challenged because I was leading our team. I'm not really used to that. If it hadn't been for a huge helping of peace from you-know-who, I'd have crumbled like a saltine. God (the you-know-who from earlier) proved to me, that I could actually pull it off, as long as I remain obedient. After the retreat I spent some vacation time in Upstate New York with my best friend, we drank coffee, stayed in our pajamas for hours, and generally Shabbat-ed like we were retired. I didn't expect anything ground breaking to happen, but it doesn&rsquo;t seem like God waits till we're expecting something to happen to continue his work. ;) First, we met a young man who I ended up talking to for about an hour about his life, and his struggles. I can only hope I was some kind of encouragement to him. That meeting really impressed upon me the need and brokenness of our nation. I made me see humans with more compassion than I&rsquo;ve been able to for some time now. &nbsp; There's no other way to describe this year. We've dealt with a good deal of chaos, but this really feels like a gentle simmering before the massive boiling over. (Speaking of the Political atmosphere of 09') Our country is in labor pains, and I'm not sure the baby's going to be pretty.

Any way, back to the peaceful thoughts:

This year started with an incredibly encouraging Women's Retreat in PA. My mother (Shimrit), Sister (Liorah) and I (Duh) helped lead a worship set over the weekend, and I felt really challenged because I was leading our team. I'm not really used to that. If it hadn't been for a huge helping of peace from you-know-who, I'd have crumbled like a saltine.

God (the you-know-who from earlier) proved to me, that I could actually pull it off, as long as I remain obedient.

After the retreat I spent some vacation time in Upstate New York with my best friend, we drank coffee, stayed in our pajamas for hours, and generally Shabbat-ed like we were retired. I didn't expect anything ground breaking to happen, but it doesn’t seem like God waits till we're expecting something to happen to continue his work. ;)

First, we met a young man who I ended up talking to for about an hour about his life, and his struggles. I can only hope I was some kind of encouragement to him. That meeting really impressed upon me the need and brokenness of our nation. I made me see humans with more compassion than I’ve been able to for some time now.
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