April with the Colwells

April was full for our family!

We were intentional in participating in events that 

helped us celebrate Easter in a deep, meaningful way!

Maundy Thursday communion service

Cross Walk and Passion of the Christ movie on Good Friday

Sunrise service (outside at our church at 6:30 am in the snow)

Easter celebration service

Risen movie on Easter afternoon while we nibbled on our chocolates

Easter Sunday is our reason for HOPE as Christians!

We read The Case for Easter by Lee Strobel together.

And I tackled this 400 page book The Day Christ Died.

(I read the first part years ago before Christmas, only 100pages.

And finally read the second part!)

Powerful books!

And Grace and I used old Easter hymns to make

cards doodling sunrises on the envelopes.

There have been a lot of people in our church family

in need of help.  So I've been making meals for families.

Plus I made these loaves of zucchini bread

and turkey pot pies to be put in the church freezer

to use as needed.  I'm so blessed to have food to share!

I finished my first pair of knitted socks!

And I've continued my experimenting with sourdough

making amazing cinnamon rolls, tortilla shells,

and hamburger buns!

    

We are tackling a big job on our "someday"

list ...clearing this section of sumac trees!

Matt and the kids have been enjoying trout fishing

and been quite successful!

We've put 21 trout in our freezer for meals.

Over spring break, Nathan spent two days participating in

online and in person First Aid and CPR classes.

This is something he's wanted to do for a long time!

And Grace spent a day at our local vet shadowing

as she is interested in becoming a vet!

AND ...we got chicks!

Grace has been wanting chicks since her Little House

on the Prairie days ...so about 8 years.

We finally took the leap!

Grace is definitely Mother Hen!

She has named them all...

Anne, Lucy, Isa, Laura, Penelope, Emma!

(book lovers - can you guess where her names came from?)

She cares for the chicks who are still inside.

But she also holds them, talks to them and takes

them outside on warm days.

 

We are in the process of turning one of the horse stalls

in our barn into a chicken coop.

BEFORE

  

TRANSFORMATION BEGUN

We also spent over 5 hours walking along our

2.5+ mile stretch of Cloverdale Road picking up trash.

Our neighbor gave us old feed sacks to fill then we tied 

them off and left them alongside the road.  He came

along with his truck picking up the bags

and threw them in his dumpster.

Good team work to help care for God's beautiful creation!

And these spring flowers that decorate my kitchen table

make me smile!

The new life that comes with spring is such a refreshing

reminder of the new life we have in Christ!

I am praying that each of you experience the hope and

joy that come from this new life in Christ!