April 17, 2006

  • EASTER


    I have the fondest memories of celebrating Easter in college with my dear brothers and sisters!  I was heavily involved in my college chr. fellowship so we saw each other every Friday, but we all attended different ch's and rarely spent Sunday together.  But on Easter Sunday morning, we all got up super early to celebrate the resurrection together!  It was awesome. We would stay up all night and then go to the service at 6 am.  The rest of the day was full, too, with our regular ch. service, then usually brunch, then some kind of activity at night as well!  It seemed like a great way to remember that He was alive!


    Since being here, I've missed those FULL DAYS of Easter.  It's also amazing how much more "in the mood" you get when you see Easter decorations, even though it does make Easter seem very commercialized and all about bunnies, eggs, and marshmallow peeps (which I do love to eat)...


    This year, I had the opportunity to celebrate a FULL DAY of Easter, again!  I went to a sunrise service at the home of one of the foreign families with a delicious breakfast afterwards; attended ch. service in the afternoon (where I helped direct a children's play-- pics to come); watched 13 youth get baptized; and then attended an Easter dinner complete with ham, Italian-style lamb, and Norwegian-style lamb!


    People here celebrate Easter next week, and I'm looking forward to spending the day with my roommate and her family; and attending Russian ch. services.


    Some pics:


    singing 


    Here I am, leading worship before the youth baptism.


    listening 


    Youth listening to one of our elders.  It's amazing to think about what these youth are going to do in the world after
    having grown up as foreigners in a country like Uzbekistan!  Exciting!


    baptism 


    13 youth got baptized - 4 from one family, 4 from another, and then 5 others. 
    Fathers baptized their children, which was cool.  This is at the house of one of our elders, who works at the American embassy. 
    Embassy workers have VERY cushy lives here.

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