ROAST LAMB !
Easter for us began on Maundy Thursday. We arranged for our Fellowship and all the children and staff from the Children's Homes to sit down to Supper together at 6.15p.m. in our School Hall. We had never tried this before, and it took time to actually get everyone ready complete with a plate of food. Almost 200 souls! Lamb had been ROASTED, and was served with bitter
herbs, chapatis, rice and potatoes. The lamb was roasted over charcoal, and the smell of it kept everyone hungry all day. There was plenty for all, and some had been busy all day preparing it.

Eventually everyone had been served and as the Supper went on we read verses from the 26th Chapter of Mathew.
As plates became empty and cleared away I took a loaf of bread and broke it and it was passed round. Then Juice was Blessed and also passed round to all, just as it had been on that fateful night of the Passover. We all found ourselves reliving that evening with Jesus and His Disciples. A very meaningful evening.

It was very different to anything we had done before, and many were moved and their eyes opened!

Finally we sang a hymn together, as the very youngest and some of the others who are not Saved returned to their houses. The remainder of us all stayed for an hour to pray and watch. It was a VERY Blessed time, in which the Lord was very close to us, and we feel that it was indeed a very good preparation for the whole weekend.

On Friday morning we met again at 10a.m. for a Reading of Matthew 27. Various people read various verses and commented briefly. There were hymns and our choir sang. Once again it proved a very different but very impressive time. We shared a cup of tea and hot cross buns with each other at the close.

Green Cottage was quite full of visitors. Ian and Diana Hogley were with us up until today, and on Friday afternoon we were joined by Pastor Martin Speed and his wife Margaret from Westhoughton Assembly of God, near Bolton Lancashire. Martin will be our speaker on Sunday. We also had Esther's nephew, Martin, and his wife and eight month old daughter arrive on Friday, and today his sister also joins us. Manu is still at home as is also Helen, so our house is jammed packed - Praise the Lord.

I have little or no time to add to this. I just wanted to send a few pictures and to re affirm that we have been Blessed. THANK you to all that sent Greetings to us. I hope our own to you were also received - although there seems to be a problem with our E-mail address. Let me RE-STATE it here. Our mail address is tfhomes@africaonline.co.ke

IT IS NOT 'africaonline.com'

Love to you all

John and Esther