Hard to believe, but I am done. Work-wise, at least. It’s been quite a long time since I last posted. Since then I have experienced a plethora of incredible experiences. I visited the monastic community of Taize, attended multiple Orthodox worship services: Ethiopian (Oriental) Orthodox with singing, praying, brilliant colored umbrellas and all. I also worshiped at a French (Eastern) Orthodox church as well as with Russians, Romanians and Ukrainians at another. I also enjoyed a wonderful visit with my parents for 11 days during Christmas time. It was such a pleasure to share my current home with them and especially to have them meet and get to know the people (my international family, really) whom I share it with. I wish to share more about these experiences in greater detail, but that may require a
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