The first post.

Hi.  Welcome to my blog. We're both new here. I'm doing this for a few reasons... 

#1: I just moved halfway across the country, away from my family (save 5 members), and friends, and this is a pretty good way of keeping them updated. 

#2: Because of the aforementioned move, I have a lot of free time and a lot of thoughts that fill it- and my brain just isn't big enough to store all that information. 

#3: I just felt like it.

So, falling into the category of numero uno, an update:

Moving to Rogers right before Christmas was something I wish I could have avoided effectively. You can't always get what you want, I guess. It would have been nice to see all the out-of-town family and to witness my nephew's first Christmas- things that are rare in life. However, even with all the sadness of being away from loved ones during the holidays, I've experienced great joy and a sense of accomplishment in being here. I'm the proudest of myself than I can ever remember being, and I've managed the process of plugging myself in the way of life here pretty well!

Job hunting was daunting to start with, but I'm happy to report that after only about 3 weeks of being here, I've secured a job with a lot of promise! At least for what I'm trying to do now. I'll be working for Remos Aircraft (www.remos.com), a small, lightweight, sport plane manufacturing company based out of Germany with a warehouse/distribution center here in Rogers.  I'll be working their warehousing and shipping operations. Sounds fancy and all, but I'm really just a glorified Admin Assistant. Starts out part-time, moving to full-time in the spring when business starts picking up again. I'm very excited about the opportunity I have there because it offers me a chance to become a very integral part in the running of the business on a day to day basis. I start in 2 days! Wish me luck!!

On a more personal and social level. Megan and Nic have been the biggest chunk of my social circle. :) I'm not complaining because they are some of the best friends anyone could hope to have (and roommates at this point. haha).  They have introduced me to a group of their friends, all of whom recieved me as long lost friend. I even rang in the New Year rocking out on Guitar Hero, playing rousing games of Apples to Apples, and eating the makings of a taco buffet with them all, laughing and producing pictures, both silly and album-worthy along the way. :) 

I've been attending church with Nic and Megan at Fellowship Church, and am enjoying it so far. They offer community groups, which I'm happy about because it was a very important part of my life and how I made a lot of friends back in California. I plan on joining one when they start back up again. I'm also going to check out a different church in Fayetteville called The Grove. I hear that it is very similar to the atmosphere found at The Edge venue at North Coast that I loved so much! And it's actually a church plant of Fellowship, so the teaching is parallel as well. We'll see!! 

So all in all, things are going very well for me here! I feel in my heart that this move is by far the best decision of my life to this point, and I look forward to what fruit will come of it! Plans for the near future include, first, getting my own place so that Nic and Megan can have their home back to themselves, and in the fall, starting classes at the North West Arkansas Community College (NWACC).  

Thanks for reading, and God Bless you all!

Linnea <><