Happy Easter...

This weekend we went to Raleigh to celebrate Eva's 2nd birthday, Easter, and James' 1st birthday! That's a lot to get into one weekend! On Saturday we went to my parent's church for the Easter service and took Eva with us. The service was AWESOME! As if the Easter message is not powerful enough, the sermon given was so inspiring! The sermon was about what makes being a Christian different from other religions and the pastor discussed the differences. Then at the end of the lesson, the pastor talked about how none of us is perfect nor does God expect us to be, and then a group of about 20 people came on stage and while music played they held up a board/sign with their past sin on it and then after allowing enough time for the congregation to read it, they would flip it over and show where they had written how God has forgiven and healed them. SO incredible! I don't think there was a dry eye in the building! I just couldn't imagine the courage it takes to stand up on stage in front of such a large crown of friends, family, and strangers, and display your deepest darkest sin for all to see. It was such a powerful message. After the service we all went home to open presents with Eva and eat a yummy Mexican supper!