The Tent of Meeting is up

In order to offer a dry and warm place to meet this winter, we recently purchased a large party tent (40x20 foot) to put up on the site of the future Abbey. We’ve dubbed this the “Tent of Meeting” (with all of its Old Testament echoes intended). It’s a great temporary measure. It was a more challenging job than we wished constructing the tent. And, in order to endure the 40 mph gusts that were predicted a few days later, I spent many hours adding extra cables to secure it. Praise God, it survived the most recent gusty storm without any damage!! It’s absolutely wonderful to be inside with the heaters going… downright magical.

We also added a lot more gravel and expanded the road to create a loop that takes you pretty close to the tent for drop-offs and for closer parking for those who are disabled or have mobility limitations. Woohoo!!!