“HE is Risen!!!”  When we sent each of our children this message today, many replied, “HE is Risen, Indeed!!!”

Our alarm was set for 4:30 am this morning to get up in time to attend the Resurrection Day sunrise service at 6 am being held at Seru Largu.  At 5:30 am as we drove to the church, we noticed the mass of cars still parked along the beaches, where so many were camping.  Virginia commented, “Do you think we should honk our horn as we pass?”  [There is always plenty of honking as drivers pass our duplex, but I resisted the temptation!]

We drove to the church and rode the bus.  Amado Felix drove one of his Achie Tours buses.  I decided it was too dark to find and drive the shorter back road to Seru Largo.

The sunrise service included a lot of inspirational songs with pastor Doug Searle accompanying with his guitar.  He also gave a short devotional.  The sky was cloudy so there was not a good view of the sun coming up.  It sprinkled lightly for a couple of minutes, but not enough to get us wet.

Following the service, we rode the bus back to the International Bible Church (http://bonaireibc.org) for a potluck breakfast.  There were lots of breads, cheese, coffee cakes and fruit salads.  Virginia made some blueberry bread and cut up the watermelon, we bought a few days ago, into slices and took them.  Yes, the watermelon had seeds, but it was sweet with good flavor.

The 9 am worship service was well attended.  Many of the well-known Resurrection hymns were sung.  The message, as expected, was on the Resurrection and its implications for us.  I came away with these points to ponder:

“The Law is designed to defeat you, so that you will seek a Savior”

“Jesus was fully man, the only perfect human.  Our humanity is broken by sin.”

After the service, snacks and drinks are usually available.  Today the leftover breakfast items were left out.  Most everything was eaten up, including Virginia’s bread and watermelon.  We also took this opportunity to chatfor a while with Amado and Sue Felix, mainly about old times and mutual acquaintances over the years.  They specifically asked about Rich West, who works with us in Elkhart.  Felix and Sue are in their 70s and still working hard with their businesses, which include Achie Tours (for tourists and the cruise ships that come to Bonaire) and transportation services.

We came back to the duplex for a light lunch.  When the visitor staying in the other duplex came back from his lunch, we spent some time visiting.  John Hull works at a Christian radio station in the Houston area and is here to assist TWR with some programming ideas.  He also brought 60 small concrete anchor bolts that we needed to finish fastening components to the floor of the phasor room.

In late afternoon, we had a meal of leftover nasi goreng.  We did go for a quick cool-down swim at Bachelor Beach.

Later we had popcorn, which is our Sunday evening staple at home.  I also called my mother in Colorado, which is my Sunday evening ‘ritual’ at home.  But from overseas, we use Skype to call her phone directly.  Cost is only about $0.02 per minute.

Tomorrow is also a public holiday in Bonaire (for that matter, much of the rest of the world) so the alarm will not be set again.