Hi! This is Amber typing. I had a wonderful Easter. I really missed spending it with my family, and I wanted to at least spend it with some people I really love, so I called up Frank and Penni and asked them what they were doing. Their invitation was immediate. This was the conversation:

"Hi Penni, what are you doing tomorrow for Easter?"
"Going to our relatives' for church and brunch. Want to come?"
"Yeah!"
"Alright, we'll pick you up tomorrow at 8:30. Okay?"
"Okay, bye!"

They sure are great people. Their relatives are great too. I'd met them once before but it was really fun hanging out. We attended a good church service, had an awesome brunch, and sat around and told jokes. They are very laughy people. I felt like I was one of their family. I laughed at things they said and they laughed at things I said. Then I played piano and Frank played guitar and Joni played autoharp and Bob played banjo and we all sang and played hymns and worship songs and other songs that I didn't know. It was so, so, so fun. The way I most enjoy spending time - playing music with other people. And on Easter! Ah.

Then we went back to Frank and Penni's. I did my laundry and we watched two movies and I went home.

What a wonderful day!

Today has been going exceptionally well, too. I woke up an hour and a half before my alarm so I decided to get breakfast in the cafeteria, which I haven't done all this semester (I bought a smaller meal plan, and I've been eating breakfast in my room every morning.) It was so fun. I realized I hadn't really spent time with anyone from school in a few days. My roommate left on Friday so I didn't talk to her at all that day, and I worked Friday, and all day Saturday, and I was gone all day Sunday. So, as soon as I left the dorm this morning, I started walking and talking with a gal I don't normally, and it was just fun. And then Amanda joined us and we were just chatting and walking to the cafeteria and I ate with some more friends. And it was just so fun. I felt like I loved everybody and the food was good and I just felt so happy!

And then I walked to chapel. The weather was one of my favorite - a combination of rain and sun. You feel the rain, but you see the sun. It makes for a happy rain.

And chapel! We were supposed to have a speaker but he was flying in from Canada or something and something happened and he wasn't here today. So, we had a worship team up there that was awesome. They'd found out they were going to be doing worship only a few hours beforehand. They were all great. The program did not seem thrown together at all. The whole chapel, all we did was sing songs and read Scripture. It was wonderful. Oh man, it was great. The songs they picked were great. I knew all of them! Lots of times when they do a "worship chapel", they use the opportunity to sing lots of songs we don't know. I guess that's fine, but I really enjoy singing when I'm there to sing. If I'm there to listen I'll listen, but when it's time to sing, it's time to sing!

Oh man. I am blown away. I am so happy! I keep thanking Jesus for all these little things I've been needing. Okay.

Now I'm going to have lunch. Goodbye!

-Amber