Conference Day 3

         Today (Tuesday) was a better day! Though I struggled through an early Holy Hour this morning, it turned out to be solid day of prayer and fellowship. The theme today was healing the blind (or something like that). We talked a lot about healing and prayer and also why God allows sickness. There was also a skit, conference “newspaper,” mass, and a talk by two brothers. And, major highlight of the day: the sun actually came out for a while!! I had forgotten what blue sky looks like.

            Other things to note about today. I washed my hair in a sink. It went better than expected. I tried to make a Russian version of Cuban coffee (Raffi you should be proud). We are bonding a lot with the brothers from the seminary that joined us for the conference. They are all great. The only major low for the day was a lack of people. Matt and Rachael are still hospitalized and Tyelr and Yury are still with them (see previous post). Additionally, some of the Russians had to go home for the day to take care of some business, so things seemed smaller and less energetic.     

            Tomorrow is the all day silent retreat. For those of you that know me, imagine me being silent for 12 hours. Well I’m gonna try at least.