Key Largo Christmas Pageant

We had an amazing day yesterday. We went to visit with Mike and Brenda at their beautiful apartment which is located one block from Marina del Mar in a private villa. The owner is from Freeport, Long Island which is near Baldwin where I grew up. He is also Cuban and his wife is from Ecuador so I'm getting lots of practice with my Spanish. We met the owner's son, Rick, who is a born again Catholic and a tennis player. We played a bit of tennis and then after dinner he drove us to Islamorada where the Baptist Church put on a magnificent Christmas Pageant at the high school. It reminded me of productions at Family Life Ministries in Bath, N.Y. The focus was totally on Jesus Christ and the music was wonderful. Today Rick picked us up again and we all attended Mass at San Pedro on Islamorada. Coffee and donuts were served after church and we met lots of really nice people. They were having a Christmas bazaar in the church hall-lots of nice gift possibilities. Ranger seems to attract people....he's like a magnet and everyone wants to pet him. So we met a couple from Quebec, Pierre and Gisele who were admiring Ranger. I got to practice my French and learned that his family was one of the first to arrive in New France. He is in an RV and stays at all the Moose Clubs around the US. He's also a singer and does karaoke here in Key Largo at the Moose Club. He's 74 and doesn't look a day over 55. Must be the warm weather here acts like a preservative! I am tutoring some people at Marina del Mar in ESL and I have contacted the ESL director for some materials. There is such a need for tutors as lots of the employees in Key Largo don't speak any English at all. Rick (who is bi-lingual) is getting trained and when Walt and I head back to Marathon he'll be continuing the teaching. We sure do seem to keep VERY busy!