Hello everyone! I am overjoyed that the trip back to St. Johns in Miami did not take an exhausting five and a half hours like the trip down after the Thanksgiving holiday break. I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to make it back in just under four hours. There was hardly any traffic on the Turnpike up until Port St. Lucie when it picked up a little.

Over the break, I was very excited to share my expressions of thanksgiving to the members of Corpus Christi and Blessed Sacrament parishes for their very generous support. The two parishes were so generous during my visits that I am very much looking forward to paying them another visit sometime during the Easter Break, God willing.

The last couple of weeks have been very busy for me. In fact, the majority of my time was spent helping out in the St. Charles parish office on Monday through Wednesday of the last two weeks as the parish receptionist was on vacation. All I can say is that I thoroughly enjoyed it!!! Helping out in the office reassured me that the path I am on is truly what the Lord is calling me to. I look forward to helping out more over the summer, that is if Bishop Wenski and Fr. Miguel do not decide to have me do something else over the summer. In that case, I look forward to that as well.

I just wanted to keep all of you up-to-date on the last few weeks.  Please know that you will all continue to be in my prayers.

Before I go, I have one favor to ask of all of you. Please keep my grandmother (Myrtle Pringle) who has been diagnosed with skin cancer. We aren’t exactly sure how bad the cancer is right now, but she does go in for surgery sometime in February. More information to come.

For now, may the Lord bless you and continue to shine his light upon you to guide you throughout your life.