Easter Photos

It is always a rush in the morning to get everyone out the door.  We stop each day though and as the kids are ready to go, one by one, we pray for them about their day and lives.

The above photo I caught as the Bruiser was being prayed for by Daddy.

Below: the shot after the first one, he knew that I had taken a photo...but also that he should keep his eyes closed during Daddy's prayer for him...and should he smile?...obviously conflicted

Below:  5:30 am on Easter morning after finding the baskets.

Below:  I taught my annual lesson on Friday before Easter to all the students at school about Easter.  What is is...how it is celebrated in the West...etc.  One of the flash cards I had was of an "Easter Cake" so I thought I'd take a stab at making a coconut cake from scratch.  This process took me much of Saturday, and then, due to the major bend in my over sized toaster oven's "rack" it baked unevenly....thus it has a bit of a "sliding" appearance. Regardless, it tasted quite delicious and may have been nearly worth the work!

Below:  For our Easter meal we set the plywood table with three bedsheets, used the Coco-cola giveaway glasses from McDonalds last year and managed a "Spring-y" looking table.

Below:  Our fellow teammates from the 4th Floor have announced that they are leaving and returning to the US to care for sick relatives.  (Pray for us, and especially Magpie and The Bug who will be losing their daily friends, classmates, and playmates due to this change.)  So, we thought it important to have one last, large meal celebrating the holiday and their past year and a half living alongside us Here.

Below:  We did manage an egg hunt in our apartment complex.   Bub and The Bug teach the Singer how it is done. Many of the neighbor kids also got involved...it was a frenzy for about 5 minutes!  

Below:  One of the neighborhood two-year-olds.  He LOVED it!

Below:  Potato and The Bruiser searching and searching!

Below:  The Singer shows off one of his finds.

We hope you had a blessed Easter!  It is a time of transition for us with the Wu's departure.  We've had great provision for our paperwork costs for Nehemiah, we're expecting some special visitors from an Abbottsford organization in two weeks, and we have our major English Performance/Competition in two weeks, too!  We could use prayers for stamina and confidence as we face this major change in our life and team situation.  We had great news this week however that two new couples will be joining our team in August as teachers at the school.  This is welcome news.  He gives and takes away.

No matter where we live or what our experiences are, Easter is the ultimate celebration of power over the grip of darkness and despair.  We're so thankful for the hope we have in Him.