@john-brown, ugggg. Benedictines really started the hotel business. All monasteries have a guest house, since the rule was spread throughout Europe before 1000 AD, and ours doesn’t charge, but accepts donations. Guests are welcome to eat with the monks at the main meal and we stick the kitchen at the guest house. Some monasteries (like the one Rich from Combat miniatures lived near in Missouri) have more of a hotel set up. Beautiful facilities with over 80 rooms, ours has 13. Anyway, years ago, they found a benefactor because a guy who stayed at the guest house owned a furniture store, well monasteries don’t make money, so they don’t tend to replace beds…… ever, let alone every 7 years. He saved them and ever since they have had comfy mattresses. I tried to get “Mattress Mack’s” attention since he’s Catholic and donates so much, but Massachusetts is a little out of his wheel house. I have had neck surgery and bad middle back problems, due to a work injury, so I keep stressing how important a good mattress is however, they don’t understand sometimes. Do you have a recommendation as far as a good mattress pad goes? The mattresses are twin XL in our “cells” (rooms) and I barely sleep 5 hours a night.

@john-brown I always went south on 271…… from Paris! Just missed you!

@john-brown I was born and raised in Santa Fe, TX and went to college at SFA, before becoming a seminarian for the diocese of Tyler, which eventually took me to Lincoln, then bank Managment then on to Monastic life. Where are you from? Say some prayers I can get this board done, I don’t really care how long it takes, as long as we can get it done. Right now I’m hoping to find someone who is willing to do a country at a time, and if it takes a year, we wouldn’t really care…

Also, pray I get some Blue Bell soon, I miss it so much and Whataburger and Shipley’s

After reading the threads, I figured maybe this way would be best to find an artist who can help. I’m looking for someone to help our monastery finish it’s customization of AA Global 40 and possible help, with what is necessary, on the pieces for Global War 1936…… the more intricate, the more monks like games like this. We have lots of pieces that are donated and pretty interesting. We would be more than willing to give the leftovers away. The “Ratte” Landkreuzer P. 1000 tank is my favorite. We have 3

@john-brown! He’s a fellow Texan, like me. My grandfather lives about an hour from him. I’m a monk at an Monastery of Benedictine Christians in Massachusetts now. He is currently bogged down with the navy for our monastery, and he stays extremely busy without my requests as is, but he is well worth if. I have one order from him already)). Someone donated a lot of custom pieces, so I was trying to find a person who would want to help. I can’t paint, I have a slight shake to my hand, otherwise I would love to try. The game will probably be kept by the monastery for decades after this generation is dead and gone, monks never throw things out and we pray for the people who do things for us. I mean any student of history knows we were the keepers of everything until the modern era. Anyway, I do appreciate the advice, I just thought your work was superb.

Pax
Brother Pius, OSB
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Do you paint for people?