Easter Sunday!

Elder Oickle and Elder Hinds had a great day today. They had 5 baptisms. This family of 4 children. Their mom, sister Cruz has been an inactive member for about 10 years. She is hoping this will bring them all back to church.
And this Granddaughter of a member in our ward . She is friends with the oldest girl in the other family that was baptized today. Elder Hinds is from Jamaica and Elder Oickle from Novia Scotia.
President and Sister Searle surprised us and were here after church for the baptism. In the wheelchair is Tom Nickich and then Doug.

What a beautiful day it has been. I shared a little about Tom before. He is a miracle, and so excited that we would bring him to church this Easter Sunday. It has been a year since his baptism. A year ago last Easter. He is still living in the nursing home where he is getting good care. He has been doing much better and the staff has given him travel privileges once in a while. He was excited to see President and Sister Searle. They came to his baptism and have visited him in the nursing home. Tom got a little sick at the end of Sacrament meeting, Doug had to take him over to our house to get him something to snack on, then they made it back to Priesthood meeting. We go over to the nursing home on Sundays after church and have "Bible study" with him. We read from the Book of Mormon to him, as he is blind.

We helped Sister McClary and Donna work out problems with Assist-a-ride. They also came to church today in the van with Assist-a-ride. We picked up Megan Hutchinson, a cute sister from Jamaica on our way to church with Tom. She has been in a car accident and hurt her back bad, is waiting for surgery and can't walk very far so we have tried to help her get to church.

Happy Easter everyone. What a wonderful way to spend Easter. Witnessing the "New" "Re-birth" of children of God. How grateful I am for the Awesome gift to all - The Glorious Atonement and Resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ. May we all give thanks and share His love this Easter Season. Love to you all.