This is not
the Confederate Air Force. Just too DC3s
permanently grounded by age and cannibalization near the town of Lehigh Acres.
We were driving through the country near Alva, Florida and they just appeared
around a curve. You never know what you’ll
find when you travel on new roads.
Like this
produce stand just north of Alva on state route 78. Kathy and her husband sell local produce and
Plant City strawberries. Yes, Florida
strawberries are IN. Still a little
expensive but we splurged and built our own
ice cream sundaes for lunch today.
After lunch
we walked over to the Old Alva Library, across from the church. This is the
first library in South Florida. Today it’s
the town museum, and Joyce greeted us there and walked us through this small
town gem. They’ve just received a grant to reconstruct the building as it was
in 1900.
Its here
that we saw the flower for which Alva is named, though we have yet to see one
that is not a painting or a dried remnant of the original.
And Associate Pastor Joey, the Church Cat |
Then it was
time for the big event. The Live
Nativity, first ever drive by experience, presented by Alva UMC. We performed
today with five separate stations with a narrator at each one. Mary is greeted
by Gabriel; Mary and Joseph on the road; shepherds and angels; the manger scene;
the three kings.
There were
about 25 performers, mostly in silence but each station had its own CD player
offering appropriate music.
I had
volunteered to help out and found they needed a Joseph to be with Mary in the
stable scene. Mary (Sierra, wife of Brandon, who grew up in Alva UMC, for two
years now) and I kneeled, sat, squatted, scrunched around our doll baby Jesus
for almost the entire three hours, 5 to 8 pm. I, and Sierra, are stiff.
We all do
this again on Wednesday from 1 to 3pm. I
think its neater though when done as we did it tonight, in the dark, under
appropriate lighting. And probably
better without the under 7 year old angels and shepherds. Maybe.
Well, asked Alva UMC to offer
it. Who knows where next Christmas will
find us?
-Ken
Great description of a fun and interesting day! We drove through the "drive through" nativity scene in our golf cart. What a wonderful idea, the scriptures were appropriate and the cast of characters delightful. We enjoyed the experience.
ReplyDeleteSo you were the golf cart! We wondered who those daring young rebels were.
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