I spent it in the parking lot of Wellington UMC at the Trunk or Treat. I went as my alter ego, Mel's Mom, with black cat ears and eyebrow-penciled whiskers and nose. I also decorated the Prius's trunk with really cool pumpkin lights that I got on sale at Walgreens today. We had about 75 kids through from pretty princes to scary death masks. I gave a kid extra candy who had a skeleton mask that from time to time dripped fake blood (inside the mask) through some kind of a trick in the mask. I believe Jill, the pastor, told me that last year they received one family into the church and baptized two children because they had experienced the love of the church for the community's children through this event.
In the pictures, the lady with the Mad Hatter hat is Jill Daniel the pastor (and piano player extraordinaire.) Others are lay folks from Wellington (and Napolean too I think) The girl in the big band hat is Porsche, who has served on PPR as long as I have been ds here, and is now 17. The lady bug baby was darling, though real lady bugs are infesting many places around the district right now so it was good to be reminded that they can be cute, too. Especially when the lady bug is as beautiful as this child. All the children were quite beautiful tonight. However, when I asked the trick or trunkers, when they came to my plastic pumpkin candy container, what their trick was, they looked at me like I was speaking another language. For years I have asked T or Ters to tell me a joke as I handed them candy. And they have. Apparently this is not a custom in Wellington. Proving again, dear pastors, learn the culture where you live. Ah, always a lesson to be learned!
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From Midwest funeral etiquette to whole hog roasts, I have learned so much about context in this wonderful place known to the rest of the world as Wellington, Missouri. I'm truly honored to know it as home. What a great place to experience the love and wonder of the Heartland.
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