St Nicholas Vigil

St Nicholas Eve, Vigil for St Nicholas... 

of course it was so very beautiful...

the lovely White Sister who came is one I met last year 

at the Columbus Circle Market,

I love these sisters so much.

I have been missing visiting monasteries and it is a real blessing to see

one who is affiliated with the monastery in Minsk.

I got an icon (don't have a picture of it yet) of St Seraphim 

before the icon of the Mother of God of Tenderness.

I had a lovely framed print of this icon in Ottawa

but I realize I must have given it away,

I think, as I am not sure where it is now.

Perhaps in time, I will have another.

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Pray for me, if you would,

as I am having a bit of a sleepless night,

I think the excitement of St Nicholas day + very busy days

has caught up with me.

Please pray, overall, that I don't get sick from the sleep

deprivation, as everyone is more vulnerable to sickness when sleep is lacking.

We are also in the middle of seeing what God is doing to resolve

our unbloggable thing and some things are hopeful again, but it is 

yet unclear and sometimes uncertainty can be hard to be in.

Yet, with God so much is certain,

as in God Himself, His love, His protection, His wish for us to be saved.

May we desire Christ and His Salvation for us above ALL things!