Well, I have been a little slack in posting pics from Easter, but every time I sit down to do it, I just can’t. Don’t know why. Just not very motivated…or maybe because I read (& finished!) The Shack this week. Next post will be a review of it.
Anyway, Easter was awesome! Being in the beginning stages of a church plant made Easter much more exciting in a different way this year. The main focus for us was the 2 services we held on Sunday morning- from inviting everyone we could think of to organizing enough volunteers to run the services.
We started off the weekend with a HUGE Easter Egg Hunt for the community. It was lots of fun and a great way for us to continue building relationships with those around us. From our best estimates- at least 2,000 people participated in the days events.
Sunday morning was just as incredible! We had 285 people in the 2 services combined- our highest attended Sunday to date. Following the services, we all crashed for a couple hours- so tired from the weekend! Filipe’s parents cooked dinner for us that evening and the girls opened Easter baskets with them. Planning & organizing the services is definitely a different experience rather than just the receiving end of it all. But it’s all so worth it to see God moving in our city.
Getting ready for the HUNT!
Lily & Cailyn waiting to get their eggs (they each only got 1- & they had to fight the parents off for the 1 they got!!!)
Getting 2 girls to look at the camara at the same time (& smile!) is nearly impossible!
Take 22- still no good. Someone is always unhappy.
Lily
(Individually is much better!)
Cailyn
Cailyn- my bunny!
Family picture.
Love your easter pics! You are right! Try to get a family of 6 to look at the camera and have a nice smile at the same time. It just doesn’t happen as evidenced by ALL of our recent family pics! lol
Love reading your blog and the newsletter you guys send! Hope you guys are doing great!
Jessica
By: The Noy Maker on 04/26/2009
at 11:06 pm