It is in service to others that we find the cure for depression, insecurity and dissatisfaction in life. When we serve others, focusing on their needs and doing our best to meet them, we lose our internal focus. Our internal critic has no voice to speak, and we have no ears to hear it if it did. — Sinhala
The Temple of Sinhala in Norstum is a small place of worship, but one of hallowed ground. The sisters who serve there are led by Mother Savannah Destin who endeavors to serve her small commmunity and the sisters in her care with a heart of charity. All may come to the Temple and find rest and healing there for whatever they can afford to pay. The local community supports the temple, even those who are not adherents of the goddess of healing and water, as the sisters are fair and impartials with the distribution of resources entrusted to their care.
The Temple has two major sections - the temple proper where worship is conducted every morning and evening, and the sisters hold school during the day where they teach children through age twelve basic literacy, mathematics, religion and history. Schooling is provided free for followers of Sinhala who regularly attend worship services, and a nominal fee is charged for others. The Temple houses a crypt below where the faithful are buried, and the convent outside and to the back where the resident sisters live study and work. The convent has a skilled nursing facility where advanced medical treatment can be had. Mother Destin has had training at the central healing facility at the Temple of Sinhala in Enniir.
The temple has a complete complement of 10 sisters including the mother, two sisters are trained fighters to provide security as the area around Norstrum is wild and mosty uninhabited. Three of the sisters are trained healers, one is a trained scribe, one is the teacher, one is the convent garden and business manager, and the last runs household including the kitchen. The convent has a 5 acre garden from which all their vegetables are grown, and they keep a small set of farm animals to provide meat, dairy and eggs. The Temple has six full time acolytes who help the sisters in various areas, and assistance from followers in the community is also key to the functioning of the temple.
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