We had a terrific time at the Oakleys’ last Sunday afternoon. They have lots of outdoor space, and there was plenty of room to play frisbee, football, and whatever else we came up with.

One of the highlights of the evening was definitely the Mummy decorating competition. David, Alayna, and Megen all looked pretty convincing. We used this as a starting point for our devotional where we did a sort of interactive reading of the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. We let different people play different roles. It was pretty cool to get to the part where Lazarus is to come forth from the tomb, and we had a real “mummy” ready to emerge!

We finished things off with a hayride outside, then we came in to prepare some care packages for our recent graduates who are now college freshmen. I heard back very quickly from our beloved Kassie & Kelsi who said, and I quote:

We love our packages! You guys brightened our day:)
Thank you very much, and tell everyone we appreciate it and miss them!

Cody responded:

Hey man, I just got the package.  It’s so awesome!  There’s so much cool stuff in here!  Thank you, man.  Plz tell everybody else I said thanks, too!

Mission accomplished! Thanks to everyone who came and participated.