Come aside...I will refresh you

The plane ride from Rome to Portland was over 15 hours, with a short stop in Atlanta.  It was managable for a long time until those last hours.  The seat gets pretty uncomfortable by then.  However I arrived safe and well, and was met at the airport by my cousin Sr. Virginia.  My relatives in Oregon have been planning for my arrival.  It was great to be welcomed and given a bed.  So today I was delivered to the Trappist Abbey in Carlton, Oregon.  

There are about 30 monks living here, praying and working on the 1400 acres in this beautiful rural setting.  

I came exhausted and the brochure simply said,  "Come aside....I will refresh you...." Mt. 11:25.  My quiet begins.