Step by step

I visited my future parish again.
They are very welcoming.
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The weather here was wonderful.
Sunny, warm, blue skies.
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I love the drive to church
as we go through beautiful
green countryside.

Beautiful Podcast

 

Finished listening to this podcast
on marriage.
I really enjoyed it;
Orthoman and I both listened to
it individually.
Orthoman and I are
reading through
Mastering the Art of Marriage,
one of our sailing books.
 It is a great joy to have this
time to talk things through with each other
and plan, prepare and pray.
This Akathist for Protection and Help
stays close to my heart,
even the memory of the last time I prayed it
with two dear Ottawa friends
rises up to give me courage.

Jottings

This blog is in part
to remember this time in my life.
I wanted to note that
Orthoman and I are both
listening to these two podcasts on marriage
from Ancient Faith Radio.
They are worth the listen.

Timing

Just a note about timing
for clarification.
Because my very wonderful sister
Rebecca and my cool bro-in-law Mark
who live in Romania
hope to come to the wedding
and are doing summer camps for most of the summer
the wedding itself will not be until after
the old calendar Dormition Fast
which ends towards the very end of August.
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More on that later.
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With needing to do proper marriage preparation
and prepare for the move itself
and do the actual move
(I am hoping to move and do the initial set up of
my things before the wedding
since we have the apartment already)
time will go very quickly.
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Of course I ask your prayers
for Orthoman and myself.

Progression towards the Voyage

Orthoman let me know that the ring is finished.
Now that is a big deal.

Exploration for Food and Supplies

So many things need to be done
to leave one's home.
Including new grocery stores.
I remember how much I missed the
Safeways, Save-on's and IGAs in BC
when I left...
I remember the shock of hearing of the
fire in the Fort Langley IGA
and now I love my downtown Ottawa
Hartman's Independent Grocery Store
(even though they got rid of the piano a few
years back, much to everyone in Centretown's dismay
and are now crowding the aisles making it a less enjoyable
experience to be there).
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I don't think people always realize how important
grocery stores are;
not to mention that they are most people's food supply
but that they are the neighbourhood institutions.
My new little town has many grocery stores
for such a small town.
There's an A&P grocery near to us
and when I went there
to buy milk and laundry detergent and juice
on my last trip down South
I remembered very distinctly the movie
Home Alone II
when the little boy goes grocery shopping for
simple things like milk and laundry detergent.
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There are also a few smaller vegetable and health food stores
in my new small town
and the cereal box posted above is a new find.
I had one bowl of it already
before I left back for Ottawa.
I liked it.
I will miss my old cereal here
(a Canadian brand)
but it was good to find a reasonable alternative
in what God willing will be
my unexpected new life
with my Kindhearted OrthoMan.