Araucaria
JUB 10k Club
Hello Andrew, Rob, Paul, and RM! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! 
Thanks for the card, Rob!
RM, send that Sants Baby to my bedroom!









I had a nice Christmas. I went to Sunday service at MCC, and got asked to do the scripture reading. It was The story of Mary and Joseph going to Bethlehem because of the Roman census, and having to lodge in a stable where the baby Jesus was born. I wore a red and white ski cap to church, due more to the weather conditions than the holiday. I was wondering if I should take the ski cap off, since St. Paul wrote about it being a shame for a man to have a head covering during worship. I decided that I'd go ahead and do what I'm doing, and if anybody says anything about it, I just won't wear it again in church.
Yesterday the weather was awful! It was overcast and cold, and 43 degrees in the morning. It had warmed up to 46 by the time I got to church. Fortunately MCC had heat, so I was comfortable. You'd be surprised how many churches I've encountered in Florida in which you find out they don't have heat during the rare extreme cold events.
We got a nasty surprise. When we got out at noon, it turned out that it had been raining, and it caused the temp to drop to 41 degrees! It's never that cold in South Florida in the middle of the day!



































