Good Friday

I'm getting ready to head out to be adopted for Easter. Leaving the computer here (it comes with too much work attached). I'm not sure my cell phone will work. So to everyone, I hope you have an Easter filled with the meaning and blessings of the holy day.

Curing sense of isolation

Apparently it’s true. A decent cure for a sense of isolation in a new community can be to get out in the community and do stuff. In that spirit I went out a lot today. Because today I actually knew where people would be. It’s Sunday—CHURCH. I went to several services in the thoughts that the more churches I visit, the more people I meet, the more people recognize my face, and the more people who may do something to welcome me somehow. (Though sadly did not receive any dinner invitations. Alas. However, I did get a dinner at the local festival I visited between services.

Frequent conversation line. “What brought you here?”
“I’m with this program and asked for a rural placement.”
*eyes light up* “Well, you got rural all right.”

While this was normal in larger areas, it’s said in a different tone here. More lighthearted and appreciative (I hope). Much more a sense of the reality of it I’m sure.

I hope I can handle it.