A week ago my daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughters moved in to the Vicarage. It has been a week of unpacking and transitioning and learning to live with all of our new normal.

As the fall settles in and the last of the garden flowers wilt to seed, the denizens of the Vicarage are preparing to settle in for our own long winter’s nap. Though I have suspect that very little napping will get done during the season of darkness.

There are lots of projects to do here at the Vicarage and at the church.

Yesterday James, Joe, Sevii and I attended a men’s conference at the church and then James headed off to work and I headed off to prayer.

Today is church service. Melanie is leading worship and I am preaching so we are already in full swing of preparation.

The next week will be about harvesting the last of the fall veggies from the garden (there is still kale and potatoes to bring in) and then putting the gardens to bed for the winter. As well the kids have to finish unpacking and working on the upstairs room which was Amanda’s room before she moved. They are turning that into a class room for the girls.

In the middle of all this the ladies are planning a fall ladies conference and we are preparing for the town’s first ever (as far as I know) volunteer drive at the end of October. T

This week I will be appointed to secretary of the Friends of the library.

It’s a wonderful and busy season breathing heavily on the edge of the holiday season which will culminate in what we are calling Christmas with our missionaries. All of this is going to give me lots to write about in the days ahead. I just have to make sure I get the writing done.