Who likes college applications due on the last day of November? That’s what I was doing on the last day of November. Finishing those applications just on time (I had a bit of extra time—I had ‘till 5pm December 1 when California hit midnight on the last night of November), I could finally emerge and enjoy December and the Christmas season, celebrating the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.
At our M.E.L.T. English talking session, Iza explained the whole deal with the candy cane to some of the guys at melt. Now, I am not sure if this is what really was the case, or if it was just some added tradition that happens to fit very well, but here it is: now the curve of the candy cane, flipped one way, looks like a “J” for Jesus, and flipped the other way, looks like a shepherd’s staff, representing the Good Shepherd. The white symbolizes the purity and sinless nature of Christ, “Who knew no sin”. The red stripes represent the literal stripes Jesus incurred in all His suffering, His back being whipped and shredded-- “by His stripes we are healed.”
Whether a symbol of that divine event
Happened to be the original intent
Ff he who candy cane did invent
It’s interesting, nonetheless.
More Winter Welcome: Snow!
And yes, last week, we had another shower of snow. Awesome!
This time, it fell harder and more than before! Check it out!
There had been a little bit of snowfall before this point, and then it instantly became beautifully clear. And it all hit again!
You can totally see the snow this time from the picture on the right!
Is that not enough? Then here’s another (short) video!
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