Last week was a busy week, and I didn't get the chance to post at all. From Friday after work until this morning, I was in Huntingdon, PA at Juniata College. My brother is the head women's volleyball coach for Transylvania University in Lexington, KY, and his team played in a tournament at Juniata this weekend. I don't get to see him very often since he lives in Kentucky, so I definitely wanted to make the trip. My dad and his fiance (which, by the way, I found out this weekend that they are now engaged!), and my sister, my nephew, and my mom also came to stay the weekend for the tournament. It was really special to have everyone there to watch because both my brother and sister played volleyball at Juniata, and we all got the chance to reminisce and catch up with people we hadn't seen for a few years.
The whole week, weather wise, was a mess from all the rain we got with the combination of a cold front and remnants of tropical storm Lee. There were many major roads running along the Susquehanna River that were impassable because the river was at record level flooding and was covering some roads. I had to take a completely different route to get up into central PA, and lot of those detour roads were congested, even for a Friday well before rush hour around Harrisburg. I witnessed monumental flooding where parts of routes like 322/22 along the east side of the river were completely under water. I had to take 11/15 along the west side, and there were places where houses along the river were partially submerged and water was coming close to the road. When I came back this morning, 322/22 was passable again, and you could tell driving along the road where the water came up and covered everything. It was incredible!
Now, again, I'm back home and preparing to start another work week. Tonight was the first youth group meeting for my parish, and we had a back to school party for all the teens. This week, I have my first spiritual direction meeting on Wednesday. I'm really looking forward to this because I've been looking for a spiritual director for a while, and Father Leo, the priest at my parish, offered to be my director. I'm so grateful to have a priest as my personal guide! Finally, on Thursday, I start the first of a series of classes I'm taking through the Harrisburg Diocese to go toward a pastoral ministries certification (I'll talk more about that in a later post). The class is called Introduction to the Church, and it's to be held in Harrisburg. I'm sure I'll be talking about my classes in later posts so I can share a little bit of what I learned!
Well, I hope everyone has a peaceful and productive week. May God bless you, and may Jesus keep us close to His Sacred Heart!
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