Aaaahhhh....

Well, I did it. By God's grace I survived my first semester as a seminarian.

Since I last updated, I endured a 16 hour long drive from Saint Louis, MO, to Mandan, ND. Fellow seminarian Jim Arlien and I car pooled north after my last test on Tuesday. We headed westward to Kansas City with a slight accidental detour along some beautiful Missouri countryside. Then northward along I-29 to Omaha, Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, and Ashley, ND, where I dropped Jim at the home of his parents. I continued on to Christ the King Parish in Mandan, where I'm staying for a day or two before heading to my parents' home in Bottineau for Christmas. I'm tired of driving, but happy to be home.

Merry Christmas!