Visiting Agape

In the interest of consolidating my belongings, the first stop on my trip was to Agape, where I re-packed the boxes I had stored there and shipped them to Freedom Farm. I had a wonderful but too brief stay, arriving in the late afternoon on Tuesday and leaving after lunch on Thursday. It felt a little bit like coming home when Brayton picked me up at the bus station.

A number of changes have occurred since I left at the end of May! A new shed was built on top of the platform that one of the work groups moved into the garden in the spring, and it’s beautiful. The chapel has a new maple altar and wood sconces for candles in the corders. And the third floor (where I lived) finally had wood flooring put down (leftover from the chapel project) and it’s absolutely gorgeous! They also changed prayer time, which no one informed me of, and so I missed 7:30 prayer – because it was at 7. Oops.

I got to meet all three - three! - of the new interns who will be living there through next summer, answer a few of their questions, share a little advice. I think they’re going to have a great time, but Ellen wishes there was another female intern...

the journey continues

with my summer internship at Freedom Farm at an end, i have returned to my wonderings and wanderings. i am attempting to be in the wandering mode with gusto, but i admit it's challenging. i currently have 3 weeks of my life more or less planned, but what happens after that is still a big question mark... i like exploring and traveling, but that's difficult to do without much money, and believe it or not, i actually do like knowing what's going to happen 3 weeks from now - or 3 days from now....

today i am in NY - i spent the night at a friend's place in Harlem -- she was my roommate with our host family in nicaragua on our semester abroad 4 years ago and i haven't seen her since! this afternoon i am heading to Agape for the night and to deal with the boxes of stuff i left there over the summer. then it's to Boston for a night and on to Portland, Maine to visit my cousin and her family for a few days! I've only been there at Thanksgiving and Christmas with lots of other people, so it will be fun to be able to actually have time to visit with them and do a little sightseeing in Maine! after that it's back to Boston for 4 days, then maybe a night at a friend's in NY, and then the thing i'm most excited about: a week onboard the Clearwater! You can definitely expect a report on that experience.