Maspeth, New York

This blog is coming to you from Maspeth, New York. You might be wondering where Maspeth is, well Maspeth is in Queens, which is a suburb of New York City. I can go out on the roof and see Manhattan. I am staying the night with the Brothers in Maspeth because tomorrow morning Br. Dan, Brian, and I will head to Morristown, New Jersey, which is only an hour away for our formation program. I am so excited for this weekend you have no idea. It is something about being with other people in formation that really recharges a person and that is how I feel alive, refreshed, and super charged. The people in the program are all super great. It should be a fun weekend and I will blog about it once the weekend is over.

Now, nothing really exciting happened to me this week. I had my good moments and bad moments this week. I really felt I struggled during prayer this week as well, I guess I just had way to many distractions. Hopefully next week will be a better week. I am trying to live out this life the best that I can and it is not going to be an easy task, but hopefully my prayer regardless of how it is will keep me strong.

Now that I think about it, something great did happen. I was able to skype with Br. Chris down in Brazil and got to chat with some of our Postulants over there. Grant there english wasn't the best, but we all tried. It was really great and makes you realize how connected you are to people even though you can't speak the language.

Something else that has been on my mind. I go to the gym almost everyday and try to get some exercise everyday, but those darn mirrors at the gym I think are there to make a person look bigger than what they actually are. I hate to looking at them, when I look at them I see this huge guy and then I get so self-conscious about my weight. So my goal should be not to look at the mirrors, but it is kind of hard when they are on the walls in the gym. Oh Lord please give me the strength.