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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Easter 2021

Once a year it happens ....

many things were the same

hiding eggs

carrot cake

family and friends around the table

recently the resurrection eggs.

and that is where my heart beat a little faster

you see, this year some new friends were around the table. A young mom and her son. We had never met them ( friends of our daughter and her family ), so when her little man very easily and correctly answered all the questions that Grampy asked after each quotation from the resurrection eggs, my heart sang.

Started with John 3:16 For God so loved the World that He gave his only son and whosoever believes on him shall have everlasting life.
( all 3 little men knew that by heart )

but the other parts

What about the leaf ( palm leaf)
How many coins?
Why the purple cloth?
How about the dice?
the thorns
the sponge
the stone
( a few other voices chimed in )

but he knew all the details.

And, the last egg - empty
Everyone knew

The tomb was empty

Jesus has risen..

To know that story, To believe that story, To know and believe the verse John 3:16, well, that is the greatest, happiest part of any day.

And, we know that Jesus is even happier than we are.

Forgiven

Blessed

Thankful

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Florida

In a nutshell...

WDW.. This year was different, like just about everything in our world, but the difference did not make a difference, we had a good time, a very good time.

OK...the weather was cool, very cool, and that was different, but we had jackets and extra layers.

The crowd was small, much smaller than ever. So the lines for rides were shorter, much shorter.

Our resort was different. A bit more walking than other years. Quite a bit more walking.

Coronado Springs

Our Welcome banner

And we are ready to go

Did I mention that it is cool outside?

You step up to the elevator and
you touch the screen with the floor you want
then the screen tells you which elevator to go to
then you step in and
all you see is the floor you going to
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The first morning we walked to the Tower for breakfast. French toast and bacon.

Before heading to the Park ( today it is Hollywood Studios) I headed to the ladies room.

I could hear a sad voice. She was hearing some very hard, maybe tragic news. She was crying. I approached her as she was hanging up and after a few words of comfort, I asked her if I could pray with her. She said yes. I did. She let me hug her and we parted. Her name was Amber and I thought about her many times during the day.

Soon we are on the shuttle to Hollywood studios

There are a couple different rides.