Here it Goes!

Well, I'm a college kid now and, being such, I have many adventures to be had and stories to be told. Life is a whirlwind right now -- full of new and exciting experiences as I am beginning what many have told me will be the best time of my life. New friends are amazing, professors are genuine and passionate, and the school is constantly throwing fun events and activities at us from every direction. The way I see it, if someone is not having the time of their life here at Messiah College, it's their own fault.

So, you might ask, what could possibly be the problem with being thrust into such an incredible new community? Well, quite simply, it is absence of the everything I've known before now: my closest friends since childhood, my house and room and toys (a.k.a. instruments), my old job, the familiarity of church and the awesome serving experiences there, my amazing family, my amazing girlfriend, the routine and pace of life at home, things I used to do and places I used to go, and even (strange, I know) Yorkland. I miss all of it. In the frenzy of life people call college, we are all forced to adjust to a new way of living. And, although this new way is tremendously fun and admittedly inevitable, there is still something in all of us that wants to go back to the way things were... or at least in me. But I know I'm here for a purpose, and I know God has amazing things in store over these next four years; I've already caught a glimpse of some of them. I'm so grateful to be here, and I'm so appreciative of everyone who helped me get here.

So in light of the ever-present danger of falling out of touch with everyone and everything, I've decided to expand my communicative efforts to reach the broadest audience possible with the most information possible. I've never done a blog before, but I'm pretty excited, actually. (Thanks Mom for the prompt!) I will try to update it as consistently as I can, and feel free to comment or just to send me an email if you have any questions about anything. Thanks, Katrina, for the catchy title. You are still the cheese to my macaroni.

Thanks for reading this. I love you alll! Oh, and although blogging is a predominantly one-sided mode of communication, I still want to hear from YOU! So send me emails, write me letters, send me food, send me money (just joshin'...), or, if you've been inspired, start your OWN blog! How 'bout that?

More on life later,
Josh