Her mom has been passing along email updates whenever she can, which, is not very often considering the limited amount of contact the sisters have with the outside world. This, is a direct message from Katie:
Hello everyone,
Surprise! (Yes, I had to look that word up in the dictionary to make sure it was spelled right ... no spell check in the monastery :-)
Mother Abbess told me to write to you as a little unexpected treat. I hope you are all doing okay.. I am praying for you guys a lot. I am doing FABULOUSLY. All the sisters are super nice and I'm getting along with them great. Sister Chiara (novice mistress) and I have become fast friends and we're having a really good time together. I've learned a TON so far. I can't believe I have hardly been here a week! I've been working hard, but so far all the jobs have been kinda fun. I think my favorite "charge" was earlier in the week when I got to use a jet-spray hose to clean all the window screens. I looked like a freak, though... I had on my jumper (in which I look pretty stinking cute, by the way...), a "hanky" on my head (think: Aunt Jemima), huge sunglasses over my glasses, and my polka dot rain boots. Good times:-0
Anyway, I want to tell you all that I love you, that I'm praying for you, and that I'm having a blast. The next time you will hear from me will be via my Christmas letter or after my Mom visits on Dec. 28th. Oke doke, it's time for Vespers, so I must go now...
In Christ,
Katie
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