Ash...where am I...

So I'm in Swift Current. Or "home" as it might be called. Coming home is always such a whirlwind of emotions--initially I'm really happy to see my family, but after a couple of days I remember why I live the life I now live. This has been a good couple of days home though (and not only because I'm broke so here I actually get fed for free--haha). It is in coming home that I see more clearly the hope to which I have been called to. Everytime I come back to this place I find myself more excited and motivated to go back to where God has for me. I have a fabulous family, and I love my hometown (Wymark) and I enjoy the church I go to while I'm here. But in this place my eyes seem to open wider and I look expectantly and with joy to the promises and the journeys that God has for my life. So today I am extremely thankful for the following:

For cloudy skys reminding me to enjoy the sun.
For journals and pens.
For Jesus--the dream-giver and dream-fulfiller.
For friends who actually know you and love you and miss you. (And for having friends that I know and love and miss--Hamba)
For hope--I don't know where I'd be without it.

Why are we where we are right now?