We had a good response to our advertised Monastic Experience Weekend this August. Shortly before it began we were expecting 14 to come; at one point it looked as if it would be 17; but then, like Gideon's army, the numbers dwindled, and we landed up with 6. We were however very happy with our 6, and they all seemed very happy with their weekend. We keep them all in our prayer, asking that their brief but intense monastic experience may bear good fruit in their lives, according to God's will, and for his glory.