Easter Sunday by Mia Lowry

When we were little we would sometimes go to the sun-rise service and then have the church picnic in the school's playground located behind the Yuma church building. We would have an Easter egg hunt, eggs to smash over people's head and lots of food (pot luck). When the park activities were done we would head home for a quick nap and then head back to church in our new Easter clothing.

The children of the church would have plays, like at Christmas time, of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It was lots of fun to see the plays and then later be a part of them.


When we moved to Glendale Church I don't remember if we had a park activity. Mom and Dad went there for a little while; then moved to Pastor Iglesia's church. We sort of did our own Easter celebrations at our churches. I don't think we ever had what other American families had on Sundays-a big family dinner.

Then we all made Mom and Dad empty nesters. This is when things changed and we began to get together for meals. We did picnic at Tonie's house, Easter egg hunt and dinner at our house one year and at Suzie's, but Tonie's house was the final pick for this event since she is the only one with a pool.