Easter in Haiti... (a little late on posting, but better late then never)

This year we celebrated Easter in Haiti.  I am not going to lie it was different…  As a family we celebrated Easter this year without some of the common traditions back in the states and the ones we did celebrate here looked slightly different.   The last few years we have made the resurrection biscuits, they are so fun and yummy, but we didn’t have marshmallows and I couldn’t run to the store and get them this year so we did without.  We did color eggs, or should I say an EGG.  When there are 30 kids you go through eggs really fast, but everyone was happy with their one egg and enjoyed it as a snack after we finished.  The kids also got to enjoy a little confetti egg battle and that was fun to watch, lots of laughter.  We did not have an egg hunt, because instead we hunted mangos!  Funny, I know, but it is mango season and they are plentiful and loud when they fall.  So we took the kids to the pastor of the churches house and climbed trees and collected mangos.  We ended our day with the English service at church.  It was great and really spoke to Major, and we are excited to see what the Lord has in store for his little heart!

So, no, our Easter probably didn’t look “normal” compared to the past, but the most important thing remained the same.  We celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ!  I mean it cannot get any better then that!  Our Savior is constant, never changing and always where we are, always!  It is not the physical things that are needed to celebrate a holiday and that is what I was reminded of this year.