Tornado Watch in New Milford, CT

There was a tornado watch the evening of my concert at St. Francis Xavier parish in New Milford, CT. Thankfully, people came anyway! What a great welcome - St. Francis would approve of the hospitality we received from the kind community there. The friars, Fr. Mike and Fr. Tom were constantly wanting to feed us, make us comfortable, have us move into the guest rooms (a couple BIG downpours) and basically spoil us in a very Franciscan way. God bless them! At times this blog can make it look like we are on the world's greatest vacation - what with all the sightseeing and new places... but any of you who have been on vacations know how tired you can get always being on the go... add to that mix, meeting new pastors, communities, music directors, etc. and you will better understand how much it means to us to simply be welcomed and given a quiet place to park the RV. St. Francis Xavier was one of those restful stops for us.



Friar Mike (pastor) and Friar Tom with the "Boston Red Sox" themed Monopoly game they planned to give to Joseph and John Paul. The boys love the game and we've already spent a few hours playing - Note: 'A few hours' is short for a game of monopoly!


This parish was also very Franciscan in the sheer beauty of the nature surrounding it. Here is a picture of the kiddos with our new dog "Lucy". (named after St. Lucy)



Yep! You read right.. we got a dog!

"Lucy" is our newest passenger on the RV. This was taken when she was a few weeks old. So far she does NOT seem to be a "yip-yip" dog or what I would otherwise call a 'mosquito'. It really makes us feel like we are 'settling down' on the road to bring this puppy onboard!

We took a vote and - God willing - all of us want to be sure and stop in New Milford again.