On the Bluebonnet Trail

This time of year, the roadways are filled with Bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrush, and lots of other wildflowers. We went on a drive yesterday and saw thousands of of them. A beautiful day!

Happy Easter!

And a Different Kind of Easter Hunt

We wrapped our Saturday of hunting with a different kind of hunt altogether...


You may recall Johnathan's recent penchant for putting things in his nose. So when he wimpered to us after his nap that there was a nut in his nose, we took him seriously. Turns out it was a pinto bean. And it was way up there. So far, in fact, that the doctors in the ER didn't even think they could reach it. Johnathan's report when he returned with Daddy at 8:00 that evening was that he saw: "Two doctors and a nurse. But they didn't have tools. I gonna go to a doctor who has tools."


So after a sunrise service, church breakfast, and the main church service on Sunday, Daddy and Johnathan went back to town to visit the doctor with tools (an ENT specialist). The doctor used his (as Johnathan put it) "little tiny tools" to extricate the bean (which had swollen to twice its dried size).


An ice cream man, a bean... We hope that the bean episode closes this chapter of Johnathan's fascination with all things nostrilly (I'm sure that's not a real word). Time will tell!

More Easter Egg Hunting

The egg hunting didn't end there, though! We also had a fun afternoon fishing, hay riding, and egg hunting at the West's cabin. It was an absolutely gorgeous day.

Easter Egg Hunting

Saturday morning was the day of egg hunting, starting off with the annual Easter Egg Hunt at church. Naomi and Johnathan had a great time listening to the Easter story...
Hunting for eggs...

Checking out their loot...

And eating it, of course!

But wait, the hunting isn't over!

Quake! Romans 8:18-25

Kevin continued his series on Romans 8 today and tackled the question about God's love and hope in a world filled with tragic natural disasters. Romans 8:18-25 shows that natural disasters are a result of sin entering the world, but that God is in control and allows them to happen - verse 20 teaches us that He subjected the world in hope. Just like giving birth to a baby (a thought that crosses my mind quite frequently these days!), the pain leading up to the birth is agonizing, but the joy on the other side is unimaginable. Because of Christ's redemption, we who believe him have this hope - that the "groaning" of the world around us will one day be completely restored to it's original condition - free of pain, death, and filled with amazing fruitfulness.

Our church website is up and running! If you want to listen to this sermon, you can download it at www.kurtenchurch.org

Living Last Supper

Kevin made his stage debut tonight in our church's depiction of a "living" Last Supper. The thirteen men wore costumes inspired by the famous DaVinci painting, and Kevin took the part of Simon the Zealot, sitting on the end of the table. Though he still maintains that preaching is more of his gift than acting, I think he did a great job!