Good Easter tidings all!

Easter Camp Tirohanga this year was up about 20 campers on last year; we spent Sunday afternoon and evening out there, good times. I preached at North Taieri in the morning, and we were both going to take communion at camp in the evening - that is, until Zak plonked himself in the creek. He was already cold after the water sliding. So, I bailed, took the kids home and left Chris to it! (Love being a partner in ministry!) Communion was one part of a "stations of the cross", and there were 5 groups; I think celebrating 5 times in a row is really going to help Chris. The leaders had organised the cooks to make a damper but large ones don't seem to cook that well. At least it was dark, so we figured the kids wouldn't notice, but the first group (I was there for that one), commented that it was like having a whole meal. Solid. I hope there is some good theology in that...

Some weeks we struggle to keep the hours realistic; sadly we had a big funeral last week as one of our key, elder statesmen elders passed away. However, the children are making friends, had a Mosgiel birthday party invite for Hannah on Saturday which led to kids from there playing here for Zak and a sleepover here on Sat. and there on Sun. for Janine. All good.