It's definitely a time of celebration! He is Risen! Yesterday I went to an Easter sunrise service on the beach. It was a great morning!

Some of the girls at Easter Sunrise Service!

Pastor Jim read Matthew 28 and spoke about the life and hope we can have through Jesus Christ and the fact that when we die it's not the end of our lives, it's really a beginning in a way. He shared about Winston Churchill's funeral and how he had planned every detail of his funeral requesting to have the song "Taps" played on the bugle at his funeral. "Taps" is the song that is usually played at the end of funerals or memorial services in the military. But Winston Churchill also requested they play "Reveille." This song is played to start the day in the military. He wanted to play this song as well to symbolize that death doesn't have to be the end. That because Jesus Christ died on the cross, but not only died, but that he arose again, that he defeated Satan and overcame death, that just because our life here on earth is over, that we can live in eternity with God in Heaven. That definitely is cause for celebration! At the service, they had three wooden crosses. We decorated them with flowers to symbolize the life that we can have through Christ!

Also, there were a few people who were baptized that day in the Arabian Gulf

 A friend, Scarlet, getting baptized!

Saturday night was also a great night! Some of the girls took me out to dinner. Where we were going was a surprise to me and a couple of the other girls. We finally made it to the restaurant (after a few missed turns which added about 45 minutes to our trip!!) They were going to take me to Billy Blues which is a barbecue place, but unfortunately it was closed. Apparently, it's closed every Saturday. News to us. So we went to a good tex-mex place called Cactus Cantina that was right next door! Yum!