I'm beginning to have hope for our American Orthodox Church again. The All-Americas Council began in Pittsburgh yesterday. I have yet to hear any substantial feedback, but nonetheless I am hopeful. I pray God grants us Vladyka Job or another equally holy to be our new first hierarch, but who knows who we sinners will choose. Particularly ( Read more... )

Thank God I was able to go to Great Vespers at Holy Protection Church in Goshen. The day was a lovely one. I woke up far too early for someone who went to bed at 3am, but the outing to Winona Lake with the Churchs was very pleasant, as were lunch and dinner with them. In between those last two we stopped by the Free Methodists' church in Winona ( Read more... )

I saw Ben for the first time in nearly a week today :-). It was refreshing. I have yet to see Matt though - they're up north yet again (I can't believe how much they go; trees and cottages get boring after a while I would think), so I may not see him till the end of next week. (I'm serious - next week will be as busy as this one was ( Read more... )

I just got back from working at Meijer. It's amazing how much more quickly and pleasantly the time passes when Lori's around. The last hour really zipped by. And I even remembered the Russian word (chas) I forgot! I remembered it in Amharic (se'at), French (heure), Greek ('oros), and English (hour), but I couldn't for the life of me remember it in ( Read more... )

Lovely evening. I crashed after getting back from St. Vladimir's and woke up in time to get ready for Vespers ( Read more... )

Thank God, I'm feeling much better today than I was yesterday, and Shar's throat spray is still working wonders. I went to bed sometime after midnight and woke up at 7am, but after having some tea and breakfast, checking my e-mail, and watching "Monster-in-Law" I was able to nap till about 11:30am. Since then I've had lunch and spent most of the ( Read more... )