This morning was a somewhat sad one as it was the last Sunday at Holy Ascension for Clive and Emily, who are off to St. Vladimir's Seminary in New York, and for Naomi and Jon, who recently married down in Illinois and will be beginning their graduate studies down in Lafayette this fall. I hardly slept due to work (we had a call-in at Meijer and I ( Read more... )

Two major prayer requests! The first is more important - apparently the fathers and brothers at St. Herman's in northern California had to evacuate yesterday or today due to the approach of a wildfire. Please pray that the Monastery (and especially St. Seraphim's relics) are kept safe from the fire and that God provides for the Brotherhood's ( Read more... )

I hosted my first ever gathering at Southside! It was small but fun - Leah, Chris, Xenia, and Ryan (and later my flatmate Ryan too). Good times ( 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 just got back from an interview at Sears with who I think is the most pleasant interviewer I have yet to encounter. Not that the other ones were nasty, but talking with him was pleasant and not just nerve-wracking :-). He was black and I think my experiences abroad were more interesting to him than they have been to others. Anyways, after the ( Read more... )

Oh to fly away - I miss Ethiopia and Russia so bad right now. It hurts to always be missing at least two other places at the same time...

On my way to bed - I promise ( Read more... )

Russia just drew its "red line" on global issues. Shockingly, it involves maintaining the sort of security space that the United States maintains around itself. I can't believe a major power like Russia wants that kind of security - I mean, come on, the USA is here to be everyone's big brother. So long as everyone follows the US line on things ( Read more... )

I felt like I was in the gas station for FOREVER tonight. It was awful and boring and busy. Mike was fine, but there was lots of lottery crap and the whole evening was frustrating ( Read more... )

OMG. The moon is shining like the sun and what a consolation it is. Language Link is still hiring for the fall. My God, what did I ever do worthy of such a gift or dilemma? I'm ecstatic and terrified. Glory to God in the highest heaven! And have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, for in You have we trusted ( Read more... )