Easter 2006

Remember This?



If you know our family well, you may know the different ways we sometimes do things.
Easter is no exception. Since I was about 10 years old, my family has always made a resurrection scene out of rice krispy cake and other edibles. Now our kids love to take part in what has now become a firm family tradition. The tradition is not only to retell the story together as we build the project, but to do the project with new friends every year. With the rate we move finding new friends has always been easy.
We're thinking back to 2005, when we built in Ft Wayne with the Maugel family, and 2004 in Quebec with the Turcottes, and 2003 in St Paul, Minnesota with the Langes, and 2002 in Wheaton with the Blunts (or at least some of them :-)
This year is 2006, and we are in Bamako, Mali with the Caswell family.
What a blessing it has been for us to remember these stops the Lord has brought us through, and to thank him for so many good friends who he has given to us.

Tomorrow we leave Bamako for home, Kadiolo. It does feel like home. When we get home, our church will celebrate Easter, Christ's resurrection in their own special way. They will stay up all night, singing, and sharing songs, and eating together, there will be a late night sermon, and they will probably ask me last minute to show the Jesus film. (Showing the Jesus film is a tradition in many churches out here either at Easter or Christmas.)
It will be fun to celebrate with our church family, although I can't say for sure that I'll be ready to stay up all night after driving 7 hrs in Mali. Driving here is like an intense video game of dodging other cars, motorbikes, huge potholes, and sheep. I really think if someone released a game "Need for Speed" West Africa edition, it would keep gamers going for a long time... :-)

Thanks for stopping by,
Tom & Lisa