Celebrating Christ Resurrection

While Lona and her family were in town we planned an Easter egg hunt with the kids as well as egg coloring.  We had the two youngest look for eggs first in the front lawn, the eggs were not hid very well.  The older kids were so funny as they watched the little ones.  You could tell they were itching to go - and they were yelling out where the eggs were.  Once the little ones were done we had the older kids eggs hid in the back side of the barn.  So they had to climb hay and straw bales to find the eggs.  It was fun!  Out of the 93 eggs we had only one egg went missing.  Rich will probably find it sometime once the hay is all gone.

After the egg hunt we went in the house to die eggs.  Again a fun time for all! 

Sunday - Lynda's family came over and we had a day of eating and spending time together.  It was a nice time with the family.

While at the church service I realized I was not enjoying my time and I kept thinking - this is the day we are to celebrate Christ's resurrection what is my problem.  At the end of the service I realized what was wrong.  I was going through one of those cultural adjustments - once again! The church was more than packed and the whole thing felt so commercial to me.  Everyone showing up for church just because it's Easter and it's the thing to do.  I was thinking back to last Easter when we were in China and we celebrated with our small group with a meal and worship and prayer together.  I know it's not fair to look back and compare the past to the present but that is what I found myself doing.  Really when it comes down to it - it was just another moment of adjustment in being back in America.