Thursday, March 23, 2023

Easter is Coming!

Hello everyone!  We've been back from Thailand for two weeks.  We've recovered from jet lag and nursed colds and healed.  It was a looooong journey.  Going there and back in one week felt a bit like I imagine time travel! LOL!  Walking through very crowded airports and presenting our passports over and over again wasn't super complicated, simple actually, but seems sort of surreal now that we are home again.  Do you ever feel that way when you have a new experience? Do you feel like it's hard to stay in the moment?  Maybe when we get to Heaven, we'll experience things fully and exist at the heights of JOY.  

I enjoyed looking at the more jungle-y environment near Bangkok.  I couldn't help but think of the soldiers who fought in similar jungles during the Vietnam war and the huge culture shock they had to overcome.  The beach was pretty and the water was warm. The big rocks coming out of the water were powerful looking.  The BEST part = hearing our friends from Asia telling the stories of their ministries, the joy of being with other believers, and the satisfied hunger they experienced as they learned MORE about Jesus and how to walk with Him.  Best. Part. For sure. 



Home again and loving being here.  I pick up my knitting and click, click, click, not producing finished products, but thoroughly enjoying the process of working with my hands.  My Advent scarf is almost finished and it is thick and warm, long and bright.  It's completely satisfying. A gift.


And it's spring.  It's still chilly here, but the calendar says Easter season is here and in some places, daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths are popping up.  Ours will soon.  I'm looking forward to Easter.  I like setting the table, thinking of fresh and sumptuous side dishes, coloring eggs, and singing, "He arose!  He arose! Christ Jesus, HE arose!"

Remember this lamb I got for Christmas last year (or the year before)?  Noah REALLY wants to ride her (he calls it mutton busting) but I do not allow it.  I love sheep because I am one.  I am HIS sheep, so safe in the fold.

This sheep is wearing my bunny ears (Jenny says it's scary) but I shall wear the bunny ears to my coffee date with Sondra this morning.  I hope you are enjoying the build up to Easter.  God be with you.                                                                                 

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