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We hope you're with people you love as you celebrate the resurrection of Christ and all that means to each of us. We're thankful for forgiveness and hope.
We're experiencing our first Easter all-together state-side since 2005. On the way to the Easter egg hunt on Saturday Troy shared the obligatory lecture about with the kids about the commercialism of the celebration as he tried to convince the kids that eggs hidden in fields and giant white rabbits are not really related at all to the crucified and risen Christ. I'm pretty sure to them it was a lot like listening to Charlie Brown's mom ... waa waahhh waaa wahh waaa. I give him an E for effort though. Our Port au Prince Easter celebrations did not require such a lecture - no giant community organized egg hunts or chocolate bunnies in PAP.
Troy is preparing to return home on Wednesday. We're more happy for him than we are jealous ... but still a little bit jealous.
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You all look beautiful today. Praying that the truth of Jesus Christ, Him being raised from the dead, and the newness of life that today brings will fill your spirit today.
Praying for God's continued peace and direction in your lives.
In Christ,
Christie
http://satisfactionthroughchrist.blogspot.com
We've still been following your family's journey, although commenting less often. Feel like I know you all and can name all the kiddos. They are all beautiful and clean up pretty darn good! Must say, Hope's smile makes ME smile every time I see her. Continued prayers for the Livesays and for Haiti.
Well, I'd have to disagree; eggs do have a bit to do with the christian celebrations of easter. Initially (pre-christian adoption of the symbol) they were used to symbolise the rebirth of the earth,that spring was coming so it was going to start getting warmer! Early christians then adopted the symbol for the resurrection of Jesus.
Hope you and yours had a lovely easter weekend :)
The photos are adorable. I am glad you got to spend easter all together.
You may not have had the chocolate Easter bunnies, but if my memory serves me right, I happen to remember a long-ago post about you finding some Peeps at a store in PaP! Some um, very old peeps.
Your children are beautiful! Just wanted you to know I have been praying for you and for all the requests you post. We live in Clifton which is just down the road from Waco. For some reason I woke up in the middle of night last night to pray for someone in Haiti. Anyway, just wanted you to know people are praying.
Lorraine
Hi Lorraine -
The kids loved the Clifton egg hunt, they came down with the Church Under the Bridge group of kids ... thanks for hosting them! And - thanks for praying.
What an absolutely beautiful family! I hope your easter was so wonderful!
Lindsay
Easter is actually a pagan holiday with pagan roots. Here is some information about its orgin.
http://www.thercg.org/books/ttooe.html
Yeah. Pretty much every holiday and celebration has pagan roots ... including birthdays. Oddly enough we are not beheading people at our birthday parties or celebrating like pagans
we are not slaves to that sort of legalism. Thank goodness.
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