Our lodging in Spokane is the basement of a small house. It’s a modest, but comfortable place to sleep, and we sleep well there. After a leisurely morning, we find a 9am Mass Mary Queen Parish and arrive without any rush. Only about 15 people gather for Mass and we are grateful to be among…
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Day 8 West Yellowstone, Montana to Harpster, Idaho
But first, Day 7 continued. . . I promised more Yellowstone pictures on yesterday’s blog, so here they are. At Yellowstone National Park the surface of the earth bubbles and oozes. Every feature is named and studied. Unpredictable shifts occur with volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. One section of the park is closed altogether because of…
Day 4 – Wamego, Kansas to Denver, Colorado
Having said our goodbyes last night we leave at 6:30 am, whispering so as not to disturb our sleeping host family. By 7am we’re in to Manhattan, Kansas ready for morning Mass. A sobering image of Our Lady of Sorrows dominates the sanctuary at the Seven Dolors Church, preparing us for today’s disturbing Old Testament…
Day 3 St. Marys and Wamego, Kansas
After a leisurely morning of coffee and conversation with Jody, we head to the nearby town of St. Marys for lunch at a deli, inside Sugar Creek Country Store. The people of St. Marys impress Doug and me. As we park, I glimpse a woman and three girls walking in the opposite direction. Wearing graceful,…
My Mountain & Our Home
“That’s my mountain! That’s my mountain!”The words clamored loudly in my head, while outwardly I remained silent. When still living in Guatemala, I had dreamt vividly of a desert mountain. In the dream, I was rearranging furniture so as to better view the mountain and thereby draw closer to God. The dream impacted me so…
Inundated with Love 