April 23rd Saturday

I ended out having to go to work this morning. One of the ladies that was suppose to work was sick, so I filled in. It was crazy busy, but BYU graduation brings a lot of people from out of state into the BKC. I worked and then came home to clean my house. After it was clean my girls had a surprise for us. They had hidden Easter baskets for us and it was time for us to go on a scavenger hunt. (Something we have done with our children in the past.) So I and my husband started to look. We found them in the dryer. Hidden under clothes. It was a lot of fun. They went to the dollar store and bought us toys as well. You guessed it little plastic guns, bows and arrows, and rackets. We had a lot of fun trying to shoot each other, but they were pretty poorly made, so didn't work very well, but we still enjoyed ourselves. Thanks to our girls Easter was fun. Of course, the true meaning of Easter is far more than having fun. It is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. What a great blessing in our lives. We will all be resurrected, thanks to the Son of God. I can't believe what He has done for us. Not only suffered for our sins, but made it possible for all of us to live again.

The most wonderful part about this day was going to a baptism of a wonderful young man. My son has been a great influence in this young mans life. Because my son speaks Spanish, and he is from Mexico they got along wonderfully. He worked with my son at his job. He talked to him about the gospel of Jesus Christ many times. They even ran a marathon together in St. George. They all traveled there together and stayed with my daughter. Sometimes there was great opposition in MC telling him about the gospel, because sometimes the influence around the store was not the best. But Javier saw beyond that and did things on his own that were good. He found a church and started to attend the meeting. Then the next step was the missionaries and baptism. He is a wonderful young man and found the truth. I think that the greatest thing was that after the meeting, he got up and thanked everyone for coming. He knew his life had changed, and he finally was home. He expressed the fact that he could take the gospel with him wherever he goes. It was very touching, and he was very emotional about it. The greatest Easter present in the world was being at that baptism.