easter 2008

The boys enjoyed a fun Easter weekend. They got to dye their eggs on Friday night. On Saturday Luke and Cole got to go to the annual (& VERY chilly) Easter Egg Hunt. Grant stayed home with Terry. . . he had a touch of a very short lived bug.

We were blessed with sunshine today. . .a great reminder that Christ is risen. For some reason the sunshine seems to reinforce what Easter is all about. Today we had a fantastic service at church and then headed to my mom and dad's for a delicious lunch with the Miller's. . .it's always a good time when our kids get to spend time with their cousins!

the boy and his dog(s)

We have thoroughly enjoyed some sunshine and spring-like weather this week. . .the kids have been outside for hours playing hard. It feels so good to see bubbles, baseball, kids swinging and neighbors socializing. Spring Fever has hit!

leslie

please don't forget to lift LESLIE up in prayer tomorrow. . .she is supposed to be at the hospital at noon and the surgery is to last 7 hours

sock hop

Luke had a sock hop at school on Friday night. . .the boys had a blast--a little bit of dancing with a bunch of running around!

please pray!

There is a TAYLOR graduate that is in need for prayer as she is having an incredibly, amazing intense surgery on Monday. Take the time to read her blog and get on your knees to PRAY!

MSAFARA "caravan"

There is currently a huge crisis in Kenya. . .tribes are fighting and people are dieing. Our church is promoting prayer and fasting this week for Kenya. We all received red prayer ties to remind us to pray, especially for a group of pastors who are caravaning to Kenya on Tuesday to help with the unrest.
The boys insisted that our dog wear a MSAFARA bracelet just like they are wearing this week (they managed to keep it on him for most of the day yesterday!). Cole is sure the dog will help pray for the people of Kenya! On a more serious note. . .I was thrilled that Grant was able to tell our neighbor why he was wearing the bracelet—“that the people in Kenya are fighting and the pastors are going to go help them."

Please pray for the following:

• Pray for peace, stability and reconciliation between the 42 tribes of Kenya.
  
• Pray for the families of the 1500 people who have lost their lives.
  
• Pray for the 600,000 people displaced because of violence and destruction, many of whom lost everything they owned.
  
• Pray that the new power-sharing agreement between rival political factions will be effective.
  
• Pray that our partner churches Nairobi Chapel and Mavuno Church will be beacons of light and hope in the darkness surrounding them.
  
• Pray that the Msafara prayer caravan will be effective.

St. Patrick's Day

Last night we were in the car going to church for a pajama party and I asked the boys if they knew what holiday is next on the calendar.
Silence.
I reminded them it is March.
Silence.
"Ok, here's my hint. . . 'St.'" Cole shouts out, "St. Louis!!!" Good try, buddy!