Yesterday we had the special honor of having some friends over for easter dinner. Our dear friends Sara and Aydin from Persian joined us for our special celebration. Before dinner we were able to share a bit about the history of Easter and what it was represented to us Christians and they shared their impression of it from the perspective of their culture. It was really cool.

Lisa cooked a well like dinner of Brisket (ham is generally not popular in their culture), corn casserole and asparagus. The brisket and corn casserole was a huge hit, even with our finicky kids. J-12 earlier in the day, put out easter eggs around the hose for the other kids (it was raining outside). C-6 and T-8 were very eager to find these hidden gems full of candy. Also hidden among the other eggs were resurrection eggs. After the kids gathered all the eggs, we one by one opened the resurrection eggs which tell the story of the passion week so the kids could remember them. It was fun having our friends be involved with that as well.

In general it was just a really nice time and a great chance to share about our culture, what we believe and the importance for us of this special day.