Today is Good Friday, and it was in fact a good one. We had our service at noon, once again a visit to the Last Supper. Daddy returned to the role of James the Lesser, just as he thought - it was essentially because he's the smallest of the bunch. Last year, I got to be a zealot (Simon), but this time around I was James the Lesser - which doesn't have the "zeal" in the performance, but it does have one big plus: I sit right next to Jesus. Yeah, it's me on one side and John on the other.
Anyway, it was a bit of effort putting together under short notice, but we pulled it off. The service was remarkable, and a lot of people showed up. Seriously, for a Friday at noon service, there were lots of people - the place was nearly full. Additionally, this was broadcast over the internet for those who couldn't make the trip. It could be seen from work or home, so the audience was pretty large for this. What was most impressive were the altars afterwards: filled with people making life-changing decisions. Sometimes you have no idea the impact of all the effort until you see that sort of thing.
The rest of the day was cleaning up and doing work at the church. We're doing some packing at home, and preparing services for the next time we're out, so there's a lot of busy work going on - all leading up to the point where we take off and enjoy some time hopefully not doing much at all. Still, we haven't decided what to do on some of the days we're gone. For the most part, it'll be staying at Baba and Nana's house, not doing that much. But there'll be one day, or maybe another, where we'll make a quick trip somewhere - will it be EPCOT, or will it be to see a very special dolphin on the coast? I guess we'll find out next week!
Meanwhile, there was still the business of Easter to set up for. Tonight we decided to do color our eggs, and it was a really creative, fun, and messy time for all of us. Here's Madison, painting a heart on one of her eggs:
She enjoyed painting, and doing a bit of abstract work on her blank canvases. Daddy was more of the old school style, dipping eggs into various containers of dye. You can see the workshop below, eggs in the dye, and one egg in particular the focus of Madison's attention.
This was the year to try new things, and Mommy had seen something online about using food coloring and shaving cream. The process was interesting, and the results were supposed to produce something that was somewhat marbled. Here the two are, right there in the middle of this new attempt:
The funnest part for Madison was the mess though. She just loved getting colorful globs of shaving cream on her hands - she giggled and pointed it at Mommy. It didn't matter about the eggs so much at this point - Madison was enjoying being messy!
Anyway, it was a bit of effort putting together under short notice, but we pulled it off. The service was remarkable, and a lot of people showed up. Seriously, for a Friday at noon service, there were lots of people - the place was nearly full. Additionally, this was broadcast over the internet for those who couldn't make the trip. It could be seen from work or home, so the audience was pretty large for this. What was most impressive were the altars afterwards: filled with people making life-changing decisions. Sometimes you have no idea the impact of all the effort until you see that sort of thing.
The rest of the day was cleaning up and doing work at the church. We're doing some packing at home, and preparing services for the next time we're out, so there's a lot of busy work going on - all leading up to the point where we take off and enjoy some time hopefully not doing much at all. Still, we haven't decided what to do on some of the days we're gone. For the most part, it'll be staying at Baba and Nana's house, not doing that much. But there'll be one day, or maybe another, where we'll make a quick trip somewhere - will it be EPCOT, or will it be to see a very special dolphin on the coast? I guess we'll find out next week!
Meanwhile, there was still the business of Easter to set up for. Tonight we decided to do color our eggs, and it was a really creative, fun, and messy time for all of us. Here's Madison, painting a heart on one of her eggs:
She enjoyed painting, and doing a bit of abstract work on her blank canvases. Daddy was more of the old school style, dipping eggs into various containers of dye. You can see the workshop below, eggs in the dye, and one egg in particular the focus of Madison's attention.
This was the year to try new things, and Mommy had seen something online about using food coloring and shaving cream. The process was interesting, and the results were supposed to produce something that was somewhat marbled. Here the two are, right there in the middle of this new attempt:
The funnest part for Madison was the mess though. She just loved getting colorful globs of shaving cream on her hands - she giggled and pointed it at Mommy. It didn't matter about the eggs so much at this point - Madison was enjoying being messy!
The end result was certainly not our best eggs. There were a few in there that were good - particularly a few that Mommy created using green stamps and sequins, glued on in the shape of a cross. Daddy made one look like a globe for a particular reason - a basket for Mommy coming up. And you can see a "mustache egg" in the mix as well - that's for our nephew's basket tomorrow. We're working on an entire basket that has a mustache theme.
The marbled egg is on our plate, as are a few of the others described above. It was a creative time where we explored new ideas and tried new things. And although the end product - the eggs - weren't the best we've had over the years, we all had a really good time doing it. That's what's important!
Afterwards, it was time for Lady Dye to go to bed. Daddy read an Easter storybook to her - the story of Jesus during the Holy Week. It is told in a child-friendly way, so it was easier for Daddy to communicate the overall message. Madison already got it though. As we pray each night, it's good to see her respectful and understanding. Although the rabbit and eggs are fun, Daddy didn't want her to think Easter was all about the bunny.
When Madison was in bed, it was time for another tradition. We've missed this one the last two years or so, but this year we made time to do watch it:
We watched the first part of the classic movie, "The Ten Commandments." Have you seen this lately? It is such a huge movie, and this was all before CGI and so forth. It's also a long one - we only made it to the scene with the Burning Bush. Fortunately, there's an intermission right after that, which was the perfect point to head upstairs for the night. But it's a great movie. They really don't make 'em like they used to!
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