Easter weekend in Charlotte was SO beautiful. We had my mom, Ladson, Lyndsey, and Nick up to Charlotte and cooked out by the pool before our Saturday night church service. I'm so glad that we're back in the season of cooking out by the pool. And of course, Elevation Easter was awesome. Over 19,000 people came to 21 Elevation 3D Easter services all over Charlotte and prompted over 2,200 salvations.
The service began with a video about the desire of human beings to shorten distance. We walked, then ran, then rode horses, then bikes, then cars/trains, then airplanes, etc. but that the one distance that we can't shorten is the distance between us and God. But that Jesus came to make that distance possible to overcome. Then, the rest of the service was about Acts 1:8. This verse represents the VERY last human words spoken by Jesus on Earth, and reads "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth'. Pastor Steven explored the verse in 3 dimensions, looking first at the Gospel in Jerusalem, which is likened to the Bible Belt, where the Gospel is known by almost everyone, but still applies. And then the Gospel in Judea and Samaria, which is likened to Las Vegas, where there is little morality and/or knowledge/belief of Jesus. And lastly, to the Gospel in the ends of the Earth, which represents distance that we can all feel from God. I LOVED this service and felt like the Gospel came alive in a whole new way. And of course, was in 3D. A creative presentation to teach about the original Creator. Listen to it!
Nick and Lyndsey spent the night with us afterwards, which was awesome. We walked down and got some ice cream, and stayed up and watched a movie. Haven't seen them much since we moved up here and it makes us sad, so a sleepover was probably what we needed.
On actual Easter Day, I had to work. Newborns in Need as well as another organization that I can't remember gave each of the babies an Easter basket to celebrate their first Easters. They had handmade newborn washcloths, burp cloths, stuffed animals, books, etc. I love that people take time to make/do that kind of thing for the NICU babies.
When I got home, Seanie had an Easter basket on our island with a note and some candy. He'd spent his afternoon putting together the "Apartment 139 Easter Egg Hunt". I was psyched. Anyway, here's some pictures from the weekend, wish I had some of my family, but I don't.
Mogatu helping Sean clean our windows :)
My post-Easter Egg Hunt Basket
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