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MAvelino said…
Ok, from the looks of that picture you were in "the cellar" too long

LOL!!!
7:45 PM
Ralph said…
Actually that photo was taken by mistake as I played around with my webcam! Funny thing is that afterwards I realized that it adequately depicted my whole "mood" with this church plant thing - sort of "here goes nothing!"
8:49 PM
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