Hello to all of the gracious souls who are about to put up with my verbose writing style! ; P  It is for your sakes that I will attempt to condense to concision.  I'll be honest - I am So Nervous for everyone who is reading this who doesn't know me yet.  I realize that this blog will be very reflective of who I am and I don't quite know just what to say about myself.  But the fact that everyone who is still reading this really has a get to know me should make me more comfortable in and of itself - and it does!...a little bit, anyhow. ; )

 

Soo, I live about an hour and a half south of the Canadian border in North Idaho (I said that for the benefit of my future Canadian friends. ; )  I've lived here for two decades (sounds so long! ; P) aside from a few months I lived in Spokane, WA (an hour from my home) for college, as well as a few months in Salem, OR (BEAUtiful area!!).  I grew up in a family I truly cannot express my gratitude for, or thank God enough for putting me in.  Our parents homeschooled us four kids during elementary school, and we would start out every morning with family devotions around the breakfast table: reading and memorizing Scripture, singing, and praying together.  I feel that the word "legacy" best descirbes what my parents have given to us kids.  I am so blessed to have this kind of foundation for the relationship I am graced to share with our unconditionally loving Father.

 

I should probably talk here about my passion for missions (specifically the foreign variety ; ), but I think I instead will keep you all in suspense until you read my "how I was called to the mission field" blog (if you still care to read about me ; P).  I don't know when I would write about my passion for music in other blogs so I will just briefly mention that here. : )  I began playing violin when I was three-years-old, then switched to flute in fourth grade and have been playing ever since.  I also play piccolo, tin whistle, tenor sax (which are similar enough to flute that you shouldn't be impressed) and grew up playing piano and singing.  I just wanted to write about that real quick since I've read that many of you future Novas comrads love music and I am so looking forward to engaging in the arts together (yes, I'm speaking to you dancers, too! ; D)!!

 

Okay, I think that's quite enough - it's looking rather lengthy, though I'm not entirely certain I even covered what I ought to have. ; )  Thanks for caring enough to read!

~Jessica Leonardi