On Vacation

Greetings from Waupaca, Wisconsin, which the site of our province's "villa."  I have heard that St. Ignatius believed that Jesuits should have a place to recreate away from the cities where they typically worked.  I don't know if that's true, but it sure is a good idea!  We vacation in an 80 year old-or-so building on the "Chain of Lakes" here.  It is nothing luxurious (trust me!), but it is pleasant.  Indeed, as usual, we find ourselves richly blessed.  Common actitivities at villa are boating, cards, movies, reading, and catching up with brothers. 

I did not grow up spending time on lakes, so this is fairly new to me.  Last year on villa-vacation, which we made instead at the Detroit Provinces's location, I finally gained my waterskiing legs.  This astounded in particular one of my brothers who evidently didn't think I had the coordination to accomplish such a feat ("O ye of little faith").  In any case, this time of "certified R and R" is meant for us to slow down and soak up the good things, as a change to the usual go-go-go of life.