Thursday, April 20, 2006

Happy Eastern!

In German, "Easter" is "Ostern" (not "Oster"). That is, it has an 'n' on the end. Volli sent me an Easter greeting in English and wrote "Happy Eastern", which I got a kick out of. :)

Anyway.

Easter this year was crazy! 'Twas my first Easter away from my family... but the whole week was so busy, and there was so much going on, that I didn't even have time to feel homesick.

Here are the high-lights, in chronological order...

1. finishing our forecast in world-record timing, and taking off early from work on Thursday!

2. singing in the hospital on Thursday... I managed to sing Alto, which was interesting.

3. listening to the kids who'd been through a Bible Class give their testimonies and talks on various spiritual topics during the Good Friday service.

4. chickening out during the Good Friday service and singing Soprano instead of Alto at the last minute... it takes major concentration and practice to sing against other voices, especially when you're the only one and you have no experience. Bleh.

5. Bizarro Mom's Herrencreme - rum pudding with chocolate chunks and raisins. Mmm...

6. playing a card game similar to Nertz with the kids.

7. talking with my Mamita on the phone.

8. having both Monday and Friday off.

9. being a completely lazy bum on Saturday... lounging around in my pajamas, reading, writing, and drinking hot chocolate most of the day.

10. being at the right place at the right time. Saturday evening, as I was playing the piano at church, the lights suddenly went out and I heard someone saying "Hallo?" from the other room. Bizarro Mom's husband (I need a name for him, but I can't come up with a decent one!) was there, and one of the hoses had burst as he was filling the baptismal with water. So, I was able to help repair it.

11. watching several kiddos be baptized during the Easter Service! :)

12. having the job of handing the kiddos towels as they left the baptismal/stage.

13. singing "Vater, unser Vater" during the Easter Service.

14. having "aha!" moments and realizations.

15. going out to lunch with Bizarro and the family after church... they had relatives from all over the map come visit, and everyone was surprisingly normal. :)

16. riding in an Audi TT.

17. learning from Sydney how to drive stick-shift on the tractor.

18. seeing an Easter Bonfire.

19. testing how fast the tractor will go with Sydney... we made it to 21.6 km/h. And it was all legal, of course.


Lyric of the day: "Deine Herrschaft soll kommen. Das, was du willst, geschehen. Auf der Erde, im Himmel sollen alle es sehen. Vater, unser Vater, alle Ehre Deinem Namen. Vater, unser Vater, bis ans Ende der Zeiten. Amen."

No comments: