This morning we decided to go to a different church for the Good Friday service (normally our home church, Steinbach EFC, joins with another church in the area, Ridgewood EMC, for the Good Friday service). We decided to attend a church within walking distance, Steinbach EMC, and really appreciated our time there. The pastor and other lay leaders took turns talking about the last seven words/sentences of Jesus. We also participated in the in the Lord's Supper.
This evening at bed time the boys both spent time thanking Jesus for dying on the cross for their sins and for being able to take communion and participating in the morning worship service...it was a blessing to hear them verbalize their faith and share their hearts with God.
We enjoyed a good afternoon doing family activities, which included a nice long one hour walk around town and a shorter bike ride that just us boys did. Wrestling/tickling in the living room is a constant request from my kids so that happened again today as well...that is, until someone gets hurt and tears are shed...for some reason it most often seems to be Caleb on the receiving end of someones knee or elbow or whatever...could be because he is an aggressive wrestler and doesn't stop for much.
Tomorrow we are heading to Rosenort to spend the day with my folks and family...we are looking forward to that.
Last night I had the privilege of speaking to the Blumenort Youth Group at their youth event. They are heading out to Manhatten next week for a spring break mission trip and so I was able to hear about their excitement and see their passion as they prepare to leave. I was truly blessed by this group of high school students...committed, focused and passionate about their faith and about sharing Christ in the heart of New York city. I came home pretty excited to see that there are many in this generation that are truly sold out for Christ and committed to doing what the Lord is calling them to do! May this be an encouragement to us all!
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Gerald
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