Happy Easter, Happy Spring

Today is not only the day the west celebrates Easter, it is also Coptic Easter. They don't always fall on the same date because we use different calendars.  The typical weekend here is Friday (Moslem holy day) and Saturday so our Easter 'weekend' is different this year.  We celebrated Good Friday at our normal church service-Friday nights at 5pm, under the tent on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal church.  Saturday we went to a villa and watched children scramble for the hidden Easter eggs. We had a good turn out and everyone had a great time. Jarod's Bagels provided breakfast and coffee!

While today is considered a normal work day, and Sam is at work right now, we have a plan to celebrate our Risen Savior this afternoon and evening. We are going to Karen and Fred's home for dinner before a Resurrection service at the tent about 7pm!

We decided to cook a leg of lamb. The last one I cooked was smallish (2 1/2  pounds), easy to do, and tasted fantastic. It seemed small for a group of 10 people  so I ordered two legs of lamb for this dinner.  I think we got legs of 'giant mutton'! Today I am cooking 10 KILOS of leg of lamb!  I admit I am a little nervous about how this will turn out!

As you can see, it turned out to be wonderful!  Sam and I had a great time with Karen and Fred and their family and good friend, Pat. Following dinner we went to church . It was a huge treat to get to meet twice in one week with our multinational church family The "Africa Live" worship band lead our worship time. They were spirited and highly energetic!  The church was full and again, I must say, it is such a blessing to worship with the nations as we will one day in heaven!   Happy Easter! Praise to our risen Lord!