I'm all done packing, except for the computer I'm writing from. I've said goodbye to everyone in my extended family in Vermont and New York, and will be saying my goodbyes to my immediate family tomorrow. I spent my last day at home giving my insurance company through Peace Corps the occasional call to make sure everything is in order, walking around the East Side, browsing bookstores with my sister, watching Quantum Leap and playing the Save the Whales boardgame with my family - not really productive at all, but a day well-spent before the big plunge.
Next stop, Georgetown, D.C. and my Peace Corps cohort (whom I am very excited to meet). Final destination: the big K and two years of English teaching!
I'll keep in touch with everyone as best I can, through this blog, through e-mail and hopefully through a cellphone (when and if I get one).
Most Holy Theotokos
It is very meet and right to call thee blessed,
Who didst bring forth God,
Ever blessed and most pure
And the Mother of our God.
More honourable than the cherubim,
And more glorious than the seraphim,
Who without spot didst bear the Eternal Word,
Thee, very Mother of God,
We laud and magnify!
Who didst bring forth God,
Ever blessed and most pure
And the Mother of our God.
More honourable than the cherubim,
And more glorious than the seraphim,
Who without spot didst bear the Eternal Word,
Thee, very Mother of God,
We laud and magnify!
Holy Apostle Matthew
Pray to God for me, O Holy Apostle Matthew, well-pleasing to God, for I eagerly betake myself to thee, who art the speedy helper and intercessor for my soul.
Bede the Venerable
Ss. Cyril and Methodius, our fathers among the Saints
Holy Fathers Cyril and Methodius, together with your five apostolic students and all the holy saints of Czech, Slovak and Carpathian Rusin lands, pray to God for us!
Skeireins
Silk and Chai
Kindred Spirits
Zhongguo Tong
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