Study??

Sooo, tonight we are having our first evening study of the new term. We have been advised by our organization, as well as some local situations that perhaps it is not a good idea to have a study at this time. We have complied with those suggestions, reluctantly, painfully, with a heart full of pain. I But on Wednesday one of the students contacted us. We obliquely communicated and decided we would meet Friday night with our previous young friends, just to talk through some things. The previous location, which was quite nice, has closed. (Common occurrence here. Many times your favorite venue is gone overnight. No idea why, but I assume straight economics is the main reason.) The student suggested the café right outside our apartment door. We said, “no”. Just too close and too observable. (Although I started back up with my Celebrate Recovery group at that locale this week.) We will travel to the other side of campus to a well-known active coffee shop. Maybe too public, I don’t know. We have study material with us, without a book being evident, but I don’t know if we will use it or not. It is fine to just meet and talk, and there should be no problem with doing that even on a regular basis. But, oh my, we want the study option which was such a blssing for all concerned for the last year. We also are not good at just small talk. More structure about important matters is better and it is where our heart is. Soo it will be 7 Friday night, when it is 7 Friday morning for most of our US friends. Remember us. It has been difficult to post sometimes right now. We do not know how it is best to communicate. Be mindful as you comment. We also continue to be handicapped by my hip, so doing too much at times is overwhelming, but the semester is easy teaching and I continue to improve slowly, slowly.  We are trying to just listen carefully to our father and move slowly.