Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday we had a big ole celebration at our house in honor of our risen Lord!!!

It was over 100 degrees and the party was outside but that didn't stop anyone from coming! We've got hard core friends who will bare the heat with us!

 We had over 90 people come over throughout the afternoon and they all pitched in and brought food.
When I was planning on what to bake I had been listening to In Christ Alone and the lyrics prompted me to bake...

a red velvet cake (which turned out hot pink! Dude, how does one make frosting RED!) to represent his death....

"Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live."

A cake with chocolate ganache frosting for the grave....

"There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain:"

And a carrot cake with white frosting to represent victory.....

"Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine -
Bought with the precious blood of Christ."

  We grilled out hamburgers.

 Talked and fellowshipped....

 We had an easter egg hunt for all the kids.

Easter in Burkina. Where we celebrate in our bathing suits.

And there was swimming. There were so many people in the pool that you could hardly swim, but it sure was refreshing! And everyone had such a good time. Large gatherings like this are pretty easy here. Everyone pitches in with food and we had plenty of people who stayed to help clean up afterwards. We are blessed with a wonderful community of friends here!

He is Risen....whoo hoo!!!!!

Great Easter or Paques as they say in French!