I have not been very good at keeping this thing updated on our life. I update Brody's blog monthly so I can always look back and see his changes every month. I thought I would update everyone a little on how the Webster's are doing.
We are happy and loving Bentonville! I'll be honest, when I first thought of moving to Arkansas I was not real up for it. However, Bentonville is totally different than you would expect and we have fallen in love with this town. The people here are some of the nicest people we have ever met. They have gone out of their way to make us feel welcomed and loved! We are so thankful and grateful for the people here and what they have done for us and what they mean to us now. We love the community feel that Bentonville has and getting involved in the community events.
We are enjoying the church as well. We have a great church family and a great youth group. We love working with the students and have loved getting to know them this past year. We have lots of fun stuff coming up with them that we are really excited about.
Brody goes to day care at the church and loves it. We are so blessed that he is able to go there. It gives me so much comfort knowing Aaron is just around the corner from him if he needs him. I am only a mile away at my job so that is nice too! The schools here are great and I am excited for Brody to be able to attend those schools when he gets old enough. We also love raising a child here. It is such a family friendly community and such a great place for Brody to grow up.
My job has gone well this year. It has been a very difficult year for me in this position but I have made it! The job this year just brought a lot of stress for a lot of different reasons. My position is changing next year so I am hoping my stress will decrease. I also hope to see whats out there for a stay at home job for after next year. We will see. I am trusting God and His plan and will for my life and see where that leads. I just feel lucky to have a job in Bentonville Public Schools. My principal was telling me yesterday that they have about 300 applicants per job posting. The fact that I got a job last year with that many applicants is astounding. There is no denying God provided this job for me and that just reaffirms His plan for us to be here. Even though I found out this year that all my loan forgiveness stuff was going to fall through and I wasnt going to get it, I still knew this was God's plan and that He would provide. Its a real bummer to be told you will get it and then right before your last year of teaching (you have to do 5 years of SPED and this is my 4th) be told you wont get it. However, we have been in the Lord's will these past 4 years of my teaching and so it is okay that I dont get it. I would rather be in God's will than anything else.
We have had some difficulties throughout this year but the Lord has seen us through them all and walked us through them. We had the loan forgiveness issue, I lost 3 family member within 6 weeks of each other and had to go back to Killeen a lot and miss many days of work, and we have had to restructure our finances. We are still trusting Him to show us some things for the future. We are in a rent house and want to buy. The rent market here is crazy expensive so it makes it hard to save up for a down payment. We have no idea what we are going to do. Our lease runs up in June and so we are looking at our options. We likely wont be able to buy because of the down payment so we will have to find a new rent house or stay where we are. It is not what we want to do at all but we arent worried. We know that the Lord will open the door for us and show us what we need to do. We feel confident that the Lord brought us to Bentonville so we are confident He will take care of us and provide. Even though we don't know how yet, we know He will.
It is crazy to think that it has been 1 year since we ventured to Bentonville for our interview with the church. We didn't know what would happen or what this year would bring. We feel so blessed to be in this community and at this church. We are thankful that God called us here and we love being here and serving Him in ministry here. We don't know what the future will bring our way but we are excited for it! We cant wait for many more years of ministry here in Bentonville!
I hope you all have a great summer! Mine starts in a week so I am pumped!!!!
God bless,
Karlee
We are happy and loving Bentonville! I'll be honest, when I first thought of moving to Arkansas I was not real up for it. However, Bentonville is totally different than you would expect and we have fallen in love with this town. The people here are some of the nicest people we have ever met. They have gone out of their way to make us feel welcomed and loved! We are so thankful and grateful for the people here and what they have done for us and what they mean to us now. We love the community feel that Bentonville has and getting involved in the community events.
We are enjoying the church as well. We have a great church family and a great youth group. We love working with the students and have loved getting to know them this past year. We have lots of fun stuff coming up with them that we are really excited about.
Brody goes to day care at the church and loves it. We are so blessed that he is able to go there. It gives me so much comfort knowing Aaron is just around the corner from him if he needs him. I am only a mile away at my job so that is nice too! The schools here are great and I am excited for Brody to be able to attend those schools when he gets old enough. We also love raising a child here. It is such a family friendly community and such a great place for Brody to grow up.
My job has gone well this year. It has been a very difficult year for me in this position but I have made it! The job this year just brought a lot of stress for a lot of different reasons. My position is changing next year so I am hoping my stress will decrease. I also hope to see whats out there for a stay at home job for after next year. We will see. I am trusting God and His plan and will for my life and see where that leads. I just feel lucky to have a job in Bentonville Public Schools. My principal was telling me yesterday that they have about 300 applicants per job posting. The fact that I got a job last year with that many applicants is astounding. There is no denying God provided this job for me and that just reaffirms His plan for us to be here. Even though I found out this year that all my loan forgiveness stuff was going to fall through and I wasnt going to get it, I still knew this was God's plan and that He would provide. Its a real bummer to be told you will get it and then right before your last year of teaching (you have to do 5 years of SPED and this is my 4th) be told you wont get it. However, we have been in the Lord's will these past 4 years of my teaching and so it is okay that I dont get it. I would rather be in God's will than anything else.
We have had some difficulties throughout this year but the Lord has seen us through them all and walked us through them. We had the loan forgiveness issue, I lost 3 family member within 6 weeks of each other and had to go back to Killeen a lot and miss many days of work, and we have had to restructure our finances. We are still trusting Him to show us some things for the future. We are in a rent house and want to buy. The rent market here is crazy expensive so it makes it hard to save up for a down payment. We have no idea what we are going to do. Our lease runs up in June and so we are looking at our options. We likely wont be able to buy because of the down payment so we will have to find a new rent house or stay where we are. It is not what we want to do at all but we arent worried. We know that the Lord will open the door for us and show us what we need to do. We feel confident that the Lord brought us to Bentonville so we are confident He will take care of us and provide. Even though we don't know how yet, we know He will.
It is crazy to think that it has been 1 year since we ventured to Bentonville for our interview with the church. We didn't know what would happen or what this year would bring. We feel so blessed to be in this community and at this church. We are thankful that God called us here and we love being here and serving Him in ministry here. We don't know what the future will bring our way but we are excited for it! We cant wait for many more years of ministry here in Bentonville!
I hope you all have a great summer! Mine starts in a week so I am pumped!!!!
God bless,
Karlee
