Amongst all other matters, I am encouraged by our activities, here at the shrine of San Nicholas in Elder Pool. My sermons draw significant numbers. More, in truth, than I have ever faced before. There is a positivity in those sessions. I am thrilled by the energy of those who attend, especially the young.
Deacon Willmat introduced me to several of those who attended for the first time, this morning. Such enthusiasm and eagerness to learn and to good things.
We sat about, after the ceremony, making our way through the streets of Elder Pool, sweeping the trash from the streets and offering assistance to those poor and indigent as we might.
Our site, here in Elder Pool will never possess the grandeur of the great cathedral we are constructing in the west. But these days, amongst these assembled, lighten my heart.