MissScripture Posted October 25, 2010 Posted October 25, 2010 As some of you know, I was unsure if I would be able to visit my sister in Nashville this year. I am very pleased to announce that shortly after Christmas, my husband and I will be able to go visit her! I can't wait to see her and finally see the convent! PLUS it will be WAY warmer there than it is HERE that time of year!
TeresaBenedicta Posted October 25, 2010 Posted October 25, 2010 [quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1288027706' post='2182367'] As some of you know, I was unsure if I would be able to visit my sister in Nashville this year. I am very pleased to announce that shortly after Christmas, my husband and I will be able to go visit her! I can't wait to see her and finally see the convent! PLUS it will be WAY warmer there than it is HERE that time of year! [/quote] Yay!!! I'm so, so, [i]so[/i] happy for you!!!!
MissScripture Posted October 25, 2010 Author Posted October 25, 2010 P.S. If someone from here happens to bump into my sister there (as is becoming eerily common ), don't mention that my husband may be coming, too. That's not 100% sure yet...but I wrote to her today to tell her I'm coming!
vee Posted October 25, 2010 Posted October 25, 2010 YYAAAAYYYY!!! I wont be going to Nashville anytime soon but I will be invading MN for most of November so I will say hi to your state for you hahahaha
Divine Mercy 9999 Posted October 25, 2010 Posted October 25, 2010 [quote name='vee8' timestamp='1288039055' post='2182467'] YYAAAAYYYY!!! I wont be going to Nashville anytime soon but I will be invading MN for most of November so I will say hi to your state for you hahahaha [/quote] You'll be close to home for me - I'm in North Dakota. Hope you are used to cold.
krissylou Posted October 25, 2010 Posted October 25, 2010 [quote name='Divine Mercy 9999' timestamp='1288043479' post='2182500'] You'll be close to home for me - I'm in North Dakota. Hope you are used to cold. [/quote] No discalced-ness amidst snowstorms.
ameliabedelia Posted October 25, 2010 Posted October 25, 2010 [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/clap2.gif[/img][img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/dance.gif[/img][img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/clap2.gif[/img][img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/dance.gif[/img]
MithLuin Posted October 26, 2010 Posted October 26, 2010 [quote name='krissylou' timestamp='1288044463' post='2182502'] No discalced-ness amidst snowstorms. [/quote] I've walked barefoot in the snow before, and it wasn't that bad. I was in Canada (north of Montreal) at New Years at night, but it was unseasonably warm, I think . And I didn't stay out [i]that[/i] long.
MissScripture Posted October 26, 2010 Author Posted October 26, 2010 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' timestamp='1288037977' post='2182461'] Can I come?!!?!?!?!?!?? [/quote] You might be able to fit in my suitcase...we're probably flying Southwest so we'll be able to check luggage.
MissScripture Posted October 26, 2010 Author Posted October 26, 2010 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' timestamp='1288064561' post='2182595'] Now... how to get to ND.... [/quote] We're flying out of MN. The price of tickets from here is OUTRAGEOUS!
dominicansoul Posted October 26, 2010 Posted October 26, 2010 I WANNA COME!!!! oh well... I'll probably be in Puerto Rico that week.... IT'll be REALLY warm, there!!!
LaPetiteSoeur Posted October 26, 2010 Posted October 26, 2010 So happy for you, Miss Scripture! NAshville is nice and warm in the winter....like Alabama...and Louisiana....and Texas....and all the places I wish I was instead of here! Dieu vous benisse!
vee Posted October 26, 2010 Posted October 26, 2010 [quote name='Divine Mercy 9999' timestamp='1288043479' post='2182500'] You'll be close to home for me - I'm in North Dakota. Hope you are used to cold. [/quote] Im from a similar area so the weather wont be a problem
MissScripture Posted October 31, 2010 Author Posted October 31, 2010 I GOT TO TALK TO MY SISTER YESTERDAY AND TODAY! me---> <----my sister I got to tell her on the phone that I will be coming to visit, and have bought a plane ticket...my hearing may take until December to return after the shrieking. But it was totally worth it. She also told me that if my husband can't come with, the sisters will totally take care of me, inculding picking me up at the airport and giving me a place to stay and feeding me and all of that! I almost hope he can't come!
TeresaBenedicta Posted October 31, 2010 Posted October 31, 2010 [quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1288563907' post='2183879'] I GOT TO TALK TO MY SISTER YESTERDAY AND TODAY! me---> <----my sister I got to tell her on the phone that I will be coming to visit, and have bought a plane ticket...my hearing may take until December to return after the shrieking. But it was totally worth it. She also told me that if my husband can't come with, the sisters will totally take care of me, inculding picking me up at the airport and giving me a place to stay and feeding me and all of that! I almost hope he can't come! [/quote] Yay!!! Aww, I'm so happy for you!!!
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted October 31, 2010 Posted October 31, 2010 [quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1288563907' post='2183879'] I GOT TO TALK TO MY SISTER YESTERDAY AND TODAY! me---> <----my sister I got to tell her on the phone that I will be coming to visit, and have bought a plane ticket...my hearing may take until December to return after the shrieking. But it was totally worth it. She also told me that if my husband can't come with, the sisters will totally take care of me, inculding picking me up at the airport and giving me a place to stay and feeding me and all of that! I almost hope he can't come! [/quote] That's wonderful! I'm so pleased for you! And, it sounds like your sister was sort of excited, too. LOL (I wonder at what point in the formation process those in formation are discouraged from squealing? Or maybe they grow out of it naturally.) Sorry, not being around teenagers much, I'm not used to squealing. I don't remember being a "squealer" myself, but maybe I was and my memory has blocked it out. Although it does sound funny to say you kind of want your husband to stay home so the Sisters will take care of you, I would have felt the same way when I was married. If you visit alone, you'll be so much more a part of the "life" of the Community. Also (and this is not a criticism of your hubs in any way), but he might not enjoy your conversations with your Sister sister as much as you do, and might be bored. Heck, you might feel the same way if he went to visit a very close lifelong friend and they had lots to talk about. I'll remind you again later, but we expect you to keep a journal when you're there, or at least take some notes, so you can give us a FULL trip report. Obviously there will be personal things about your sister that aren't appropriate to share with us. But, so many VS'er's are interested in the ND's--either thinking of discerning with them, or simply interested because the ND's are talked about so much, that I think your fellow VS'ers would love to hear any details you gave us, such as what you had to eat , and what the dorms with curtained beds are REALLY like. (Personally, I'm always disappointed when someone writing a report about a visit to a Community doesn't talk about the food. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.gif[/img] I think the food tells a lot about a Community.) In fact, since you obviously won't be able to be with your sister every minute the really thoughtful thing for you to do would be to bring your computer so you can send us daily updates (or, at least, write up important points of the day so you'll remember them for your report when you return). Hmmm, I wonder what kind of Internet accesss the ND's have? WiFi? LOL I'm reminding you of all this now, so you won't have a chance to get into the mindset that the most important thing in your visit is talking to your Sister sister. Obviously, the important thing is learning and experiencing as much as you can about the Community in order to tell US!!!! Sister sisters are important, of course, but your sister is just one person. VS is hundreds, thousands, assembled multitudes of people! Think how many vocations rest solely on your shoulders! LOL Enough for now. I'll remind you again later. Perhaps we should start a list of things we want you to find out about on your visit, so you don't forget anything important such as, "What are the bathrooms like?" and "Where do the postulants do their homework for school?" Inquiring minds want to know!
ameliabedelia Posted November 1, 2010 Posted November 1, 2010 (edited) YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (can you take me with you??? [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/please.gif[/img]..... i know where the extra postulant clothes are. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/smile4.gif[/img]) ok since a report was requested i guess i will give mine: bed w/ curtain= amazing...though if you move too much all the beds shake since they are connected lol bathrooms= very nice and clean. you can totally tell its a house full of girls. EVERY bathroom has soap, hand sanitizer, and good smelling lotion next to each sink and the showers have good smelling shampoo lol food= yummy!! and lots of it. there were always cookies laying out to be taken whenever (that may have just been for the retreat though) - and they will make food for almost any diet ( i am lactose intolerant and it was no problem .. they have sisters with food allergies and celiacs disease and eveything!) whole visit= AMAZING! Edited November 1, 2010 by ameliabedelia
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