Easter: A Little Bit About the Bunny, A lot About Our Savior

Happy Easter! This is a day late but who cares. haha I had a great Easter Sunday! I went home for church, enjoyed the nice sunny weather and ate lunch on our back porch, and had dinner with my whole family and some of our extended family. My mom is so sweet and still gives me an easter basket! I got a shirt and sweater from Forever 21 and some easter candy! Even a chocolate bunny!
This Easter my Pastor really got me thinking about Easter and what it really means. I realized I hadn't thought about this a ton before. Easter has always been this fun, springy holiday that I enjoyed with my family. But for me and whoever else celebrates the true meaning of this holiday we must remember that it isn't about the bunny, eggs, and cute easter baskets you get. (Even though I love this part about Easter.) It is truly about our Savior Jesus Christ and how he died for us to save our sins. How he couldn't be contained by the grave and rose to heaven and lives eternally there. We must remember this. As that is the greatest gift we could ever receive.
Sorry to get all religious on you just thought I would reflect a little. For those of you who don't celebrate the religious part of this holiday, hope you had a great spring day!

Easter Baskets

Mom's Bunny Cake! (Sorry its sideways)

Hunger. Guess what? It's STILL a Problem.

From World Vision

It's that time of year again to fast and raise some money for hunger. Specifically in Africa. If you have read some of my previous posts from last year and possibly even the year before you know that every year my church fasts to raise money for some sort of cause. We are going back to hunger again because it is still a HUGE issue. While the numbers have gone down of how many children die under the age of 5 every day, they are still BIG numbers and it is something more people need to be aware about. This is why I am writing this post. Here is the problem:
22,000 children under the age of 5 die from hunger related, preventable diseases each day.
11,000 children under the age of 5 die from starvation each day.
The Horn of Africa is suffering from the world's worst famine in more than 60 years. Crops have died, food prices have skyrocketed, and refugee camps are overflowing. Millions have been displaced and risk dying from starvation or disease their bodies cannot fight off.
So now you know. So get out there and DO SOMETHING. Fight hunger. www.worldvision.org has lots of information about this issue and even more issues that they are fighting against. There you can sponsor a child, make a donation, and many other things to help raise awareness. You can also educate yourself so that you can raise your voice on behalf of hungry children and their families. The more people that know about this issue the more help we can bring.
PLEASE think about this and at the very least tell your friends and family so that they are aware. That doesn't take much effort at all and for all you know you could inspire them to take action and save some lives.

From World Vision