THE FROST IS ON THE PUMPKIN

Saturday, October 20, 2007

The frost may be on the pumpkin–but not around here. But it is cooler and the weather person says it will be even cooler tomorrow. Even though it’s not THAT cool it still looks and feels like fall–even in the desert. Up in the high country, up around Flagstaff the frost IS on the pumpkin and at the Grand Canyon it is down to freezing.

No frost, but we do have the pumpkins. Do we ever! Every place you look there are blankets of orange. They are on this corner, that corner, every vacant plot and some parking lots.

One section of this mornings newspaper had a picture of three people from our "old" church, Lincoln Heights Christian Church, selling pumpkins in an area we call "the Oasis". This is a large grassy area right on Lincoln Drive, one of the busiest streets in Phoenix. They are raising money for the youth group which will be used to help them build houses in Mexico.

Way to go guys! Sell the orange! Bring in the green! Help the poor!