Easter Sunday

This Easter Sunday was a little different for us. This is the first Easter in a long time that we have not been at church. Sunday morning started out normal for us. We were planning on picking the teens who had spent the weekend at the Baptist Camp in La Esperanza to take them home before church. Right before church I started having really bad pains again like when I was in the hospital. We decided then and there that I had done to much that morning and I was ordered to bed. That wasn't so bad because of the way I was feeling that is where I wanted to be. I was disappointed about not going to church. Jason was still waiting for the kids to call saying they were in town and were ready to go back to Ojojona. About 30 minutes before church we called them and found out that they were still in La Esperanza as the bus that they had hired had a problem and they were pushing it to the mechanic. Praise the Lord they were able to get it fixed and made it home in less than the normal four hour trip. They got back to Tegucigalpa just as services in Ojojona were finishing. Jason took them home and said that he had never seen the shy girls from our church talk so much about how great it was. Please pray that God would use this to get the teens on fire for God. They have so many things against them from parents that don't want to have anything to do with God or them, pressures from school and friends, and the ever present economic hardships. Most of these teens have been saved, but the last attempt at starting a teen group failed. We are praying that they will continue to come to church and start a teen group as they expressed the desire for on the way home from camp.

We did have a really great service with the family at home. We sang some songs and talked to them about why we celebrate Easter. Please pray for Audrey. She was looking convicted when we were talking about all that Jesus had to endure because of our sins. I tried to talk to her later, but she wasn't quite ready yet. I did notice that today in our school devotions she looked sad when I was telling the Bible Story, but again she did not want to talk about it. Please pray that she makes a decision soon. She is obviously feeling some Holy Spirit conviction.

Even though typically Easter services are the lowest attended of the year, God blessed this year and we had a great attendance. Josue and his family were so excited when they told us how God truly blessed the attendance this Sunday. God is truly good