THANK YOU!!!

I know that I have already expressed thanks to all involved in the Million Egg Hunt, yet after our sorting of the Easter Eggs last night I want to make sure all of you are aware of my great joy that I have in the people of New Life Community Church that jumped up to respond in giving candy, bikes, baskets, cash for any of these items, bunnies, or t-shirts.

Thank you for your time helping collect sponsorships, or donations. Thank you for helping serve at the unforgettable, battle-scar creating adventure known at the Egg Stuffing night! Thank you for coming early to help set up and prepare on the day of the egg hunt, serving through registration, security, prize giveaways, bunny/shirt blasting, costumed characters, running names from registration to the prize table, and more.

Thank you for those that helped get the bathrooms opened, did a great job in their efforts to count every person, make signs, lay out eggs in all four sections, help during the egg hunt time, collect the eggs and clean up during the raining aftermath. Thank you to everyone that stayed to help get everything back into the van and Budget truck, unload it at the church, reset the sound for Kids Zone.

AND from yesterday, Thank you for those of you that helped sort the eggs back into the boxes (dimple or no dimple) and helped clean the gym up afterward too. Regardless of how long you helped in any capacity or how much of you gave (time, resources…) I want to say again THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

I appreciate that we understand the why behind all that we did in preparing, giving, serving and doing this year’s Million Egg Hunt! It was not for a record attendance, which we likely had. It was not to look good to the community, though they loved it. The why behind the Million Egg Hunt is one word – souls!!!

There were souls that were transformed that Saturday morning and we should be proud of our efforts, no matter if it took 5 hours to stuff or 3+ hours to sort. We should be proud because God used us to live out the Great Commandment (Loving God and Loving People) and live out the Great Commission (Go make disciples in all the world!).

Remember this journey of going deeper into a relationship with Him is long, difficult, dangerous, expensive, requires sacrifice and requires demanding work. The Million Egg Hunt has reminded me of that truth even when it comes to reaching others with Christ. As we go deeper into Him we will learn that He wants us to go further into our community and share what He has done in our lives!

Keep digging deeper!
Pastor David