Good Friday

I hope you all had a good Good Friday and were able to get together and worship on this special day.  Because the people are here for a set 6 week course and the counselling has to go on, so does school.  The children who live here year round and go into Tahsis by boat every day for school, of course didn't have school and this made it hard to keep out students on task particularly since it was so beautiful and sunny outside.  We fininshed in the classroom early and went out for some "PE"!  We managed to attract the students who had a day off who came to join in as well.  In the afternoon all the families and the rest of us decorated eggs.  I was also able to get some things done for the Easter service in which my students are telling the Easter story. 

We badly need rain so that the electricity can be produced from the water coming down the mountain.  We have had several power outages in the past few days, only lasting a short while.  However the sudden fluctuations in power have been enough to blow the circuit board on the new washing machine in our house and so we now have to walk across the field to the old wash-house to do laundry.  Life here is certainly different to what I have experienced in the past - from London to Abbotsford to Esperanza.  Will my next move make me a hermit?? 

I hope that you all have a wonderful Easter Sunday.  We are expecting visitors to come in and we are cooking a big meal - a sort of organized pot-luck.  I am making loads of stuffing from the left over frozen hotdog buns!  I'm glad I brought along poultry seasoning!  Anyway - back to Easter - may you all be blessed as you celebrate the wonder of the empty tomb and the risen Lord.