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| Blessed Sacrament Chapel |
Today:
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| Our Second Divine Liturgy |
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| A peek at the rest of the chapel |
Fr. Philip had another good opportunity to "practice" the abridged version of the Liturgy we use in the military in this new and somewhat strange setting, with the comfort and safety of just me participating. It's a bit of a daunting task without a Deacon, Cantors,or a Reader, and all the literature and sheet music that goes along with them. But since this Liturgy is written for use in military field operations, and therefore shorter and a bit less complex to fit within the Sunday morning chapel schedule, we manage to get through it fairly well.
The one downside, so far, is that the only time slot for us to have our little Orthodox service is at 8:00 in the morning. Which means, of course, that Papa and I are at the chapel quite a bit earlier than that. But the concern is really for those who will attend this service in the future, and if this time slot is going to be too early for them. Hopefully not. Some Orthodox folks have already begun to surface and expressed their desire to attend. Our first new family should be with us next week!
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| After service |
Some interesting side effects . . . the incense wafts throughout the building into the two other auditoriums where other church services go on, not only sparking interest as to what we are doing in our little corner of the building, but is most certainly affecting them with a clandestine blessing. The Blessed Sacrament Chapel, itself, (which is a dedicated Roman Catholic space where the Sacrament is on display continually) is already starting to smell like an orthodox church all the time.
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| This is our pet apartment (2nd floor/right) |
Yesterday:
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| Can you find Papa? |
Papa and I looked out our window to a fine Saturday morning and thought, "This is going to be the perfect day for a football game." A clear, warm day with the sun shinning brightly in the direction of the field. By the time we arrived, the game had just begun and our friends we'd known in Japan years ago were waving us upward to the seats they'd saved for us. Their son was playing, so excitement was buzzing all around, and drove the volume of conversation to a surprisingly loud and exuberant level. Fun times on Saturday, as we joined many new friends and watched the first high school football game we've seen in many years.
"Here we go, Naples, Here we go!" . . . "Get in there . . . Keep your head down . . . Keep go'in!" Yeah! Touch Down Naples!!
(Over the loud speaker) "Nine seconds left in the third quarter and Naples sscooores!!!!"
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| Sitting with friends |
75 cents for cookies
50 cents for bottled water
$1.50 for a hot dog -- a good portion of the base, it seems, turned out to "root, root, root, for the home team!" The Naples Wildcats won the game 39 to 0!
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| Here we go, Naples, here we go! |
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| Making the extra point |
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