Life in The Family International

Hello people! I won’t try to write anything too intelligent at this moment, considering the time (about midnight), but I will write a thing or two about what’s been happening lately. Vin and I have been invited to participate in a Family reunion (Whooo hooooooooo!) that Vin’s family is planning in Germany in about a month and a half. We’re not exactly sure if we are going yet, but it’s been great fun just thinking about it so far. Vin’s brother and his wife have a daughter almost the same age as Kaila, so they should have a good time together.

On a totally different subject, we are planning an Easter get together for our friends this Sunday. I came across this story that I thought you might enjoy.

The Empty Egg
One afternoon near Easter, in the warm springtime weather that northern lands enjoy at this time of year, a teacher gave a large egg to each of her students. She had cracked open and emptied each one. Then she sent them outside to find signs of life and put them inside their eggs.

Soon they returned. In one was a butterfly. In another was an ant. Others contained flowers, twigs, or blades of grass. But one egg had nothing in it.

Everyone knew whose it was-it belonged to a boy with Down’s syndrome. Some of the kids laughed at him. The teacher asked him why he had not put any signs of life in his egg. He said quietly, “Because the tomb was empty.”

That boy knew a profound truth.-Easter is more than a celebration of nature’s springtime life cycle.

The women who went to Jesus’ tomb to anoint His body knew that He was dead. Some of them had seen Him die. They were sure His body was in the tomb. But when they looked for it, it was gone. The tomb was empty!

What had happened? The body had not been stolen. The Roman guards were not playing tricks on them. The women were not imagining it. The tomb was empty because Jesus had risen from the dead.

Yes, Jesus has risen from the dead-a miracle greater than the return of life in springtime. And most amazing of all, He has promised resurrection to all who trust in Him!

-David C. Egner

Vincent and Sara are second-generation members of the Family International and are fulltime volunteers in India. Vincent conducts Outreach activities, designs for Family brochures, and helps in the managerial aspects of Family life. Sara runs a Baby School for Family babies and toddlers, organizes open forums and activities for teenagers, does secretarial and organizational work, and conducts motivational classes for students. More about Sara and Vincent

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