Seanne and Clark with Sister Ursula

We feel at home here. As I mentioned before, Seanne and Daniel are with me in Berlin, as well as the Heinrichs.

Seanne told Sister Ursula two days ago how she felt coming into “House Nazareth”: “I thought I was coming into the house of strangers,” she said. “But then I saw the same candle with the Lord’s prayer on it that we had at home when I was growing up. I went into the room prepared for Daniel and me. There on the wall was the same icon that I have on my desk in Long Beach and I thought, ‘This is not the house of strangers.’”

Later, Sister Ursula responded: “You’re not strangers! You’re family. We all belong together! This is the Lord’s leading.” Yesterday she took us on a tour of the entire chapter house, outbuildings and grounds. I was and am overwhelmed at what God seems to be doing. Apart from a very few pieces of furniture and other things that mean something to one or the other of the sisters personally, they are leaving everything in the house for our future Philosophia community. It is as if your 12 older sisters were to hand you the keys to their home and business and say to you, “Use it for good and for God!”

Amazing. Grace. Overwhelming.