Home Sweet Home

I am home now...have been for 5 days. Still processing Jackson and everything there. Being home is good but, I am beginning to be daunted by the immense un-packing / packing job that awaits me in the coming week...I head to school on Friday and am in no way prepared. I am a little worried that much of what I have learned and seen this past summer will get lost in the daily going-ons of school and what-not as I settle in. Race and homelessness are easy issues to ignore in Northwest Iowa - you have to make an effort to care which, may be part of a larger problem.
Church this morning was really uncomfortable - all white, mostly elderly people. We sang the hymns even slower than normal I feel like - much of the time I felt like we were doing a funeral march or something. It will def. take me a few weeks to get used to the change in worship - both are beautiful, just very different. Also, the congregation was soooo quite. This is something I have decided against - not against but, I have decided I like church more when there seems to be a conversation going between God/leader/congregation.
Also, I really like not having to buy groceries, I miss stray dogs, love the stars and the cool air at night, and miss the excitement of the city.
Peace!