{"id":922,"date":"2013-04-02T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T23:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/?p=922"},"modified":"2013-04-06T11:35:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T17:35:36","slug":"holy-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2013\/04\/02\/holy-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Week 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
Holy Week for us this year was a time of celebrating, reflecting and enjoying the company of friends and family. \u00a0Good friends from Monterrey, Keyla, Rosalinda and Dalia, took the 20 hour bus ride to Oaxaca to visit us. \u00a0They are key community leaders at the Family Development Foundation where they have participated in the youth club for several years.\u00a0 Rosalinda was part of the very first group of adolescents we formed six years back! \u00a0All three received scholarships to attend college, and are doing well in school.\u00a0 They all volunteer with Project Down.\u00a0 Keyla is a leader in the kids\u2019 club and helps to run the community internet cafe.\u00a0 It was such a joy to have them with us and to see and hear how God continues to work in their lives and families!<\/p>\n
While they were here we had the opportunity to show them around Oaxaca so they could see the beauty of God\u2019s work in the people and culture here.\u00a0 We also had a lot of time to laugh and play!<\/p>\n
Here are some of the fun things we did with the chicas…<\/p>\n Another highlight of this Holy Week were special times celebrating and remembering the story of Jesus. \u00a0Nils and I were more disciplined than normal in our devos probably because were so into Richard Rohr’s Wondrous Encounters: Scriptures for Lent. \u00a0We’d highly recommend it to you for next Lent! \u00a0Around the table we read stories from the Jesus Storybook Bible with the boys while doing activities like creating a special worship place, “anointing each other with oil” by rubbing lotion on each other’s arms,\u00a0washing each other’s feet (which produced a lot of giggles and water everywhere!), and wrapping each other up in toilet paper on Holy Saturday.<\/p>\n We also had fun visiting a neighborhood park and painting Easter eggs with friends.<\/p>\n How did you encounter Jesus this Holy Week? \u00a0We’d love to hear from you!<\/p>\n Blessings,<\/p>\n Nils, Erika, Mat\u00edas and Lucas<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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