A Perfect Easter
Posted by Mann Nolan | Filed under Swaziland
On Sunday, April 4, Christians all over the world will celebrate the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I remember as a child, Easter being one of my favorite holidays. I would wake to find a basket overflowing with candy in our living room left by the Easter Bunny. My siblings and I would get dressed in our new Easter clothes and, with our parents, join our church family for the annual Easter Sunrise Service. Later in the morning, we would stand in our church and sing hymns praising God as we reflected on the Cross and the salvation provided through the sacrifice of Jesus. Later in the day, we would join all of our family at my grandparents house for a huge Sunday meal. The adults would sneak out into the yard and hide hundreds of brightly colored eggs in trees, under bushes, and behind fence posts. After all of the eggs were hidden, I would sprint out across the yard with all of my cousins in a race to find the most. I don’t really remember the prize that was given to the winner. But I do remember that Easter was fun. It was my favorite.
This Easter though, I am reminded of the thousands of children in Swaziland that will not experience an Easter like mine. They will not have new clothes to wear or a basket filled with candy when they wake on Sunday morning. They will not have parents that dress them and take them to church and then to a feast fit for a King that afternoon. They will not spend the day with their cousins running around a yard searching for brightly colored eggs. No, this Easter will be just like any other day. They will wake up cold and hungry and alone. They will wonder if anyone knows that they even exist.
There are people that know they exist. People that are praying for them everyday. People that want to make a difference in their lives. People just like you. On this Easter, I ask that you join me in providing food for the children of Swaziland. The Heart for Africa Gift Catalog is a great way to make a meaningful difference in these children’s lives. Your $20 donation will help provide a large cooking kettle to one of our church partners. These partners are providing daily care for the orphaned and abandoned children living in their communities. With your $25 donation, Heart for Africa will be able to grow healthy food and fruit trees at Project Canaan providing nutritious meals to the children in our partner homes and in the communities around our partner churches. Please join us this Easter in creating a new memory for the children of Swaziland.
~Mann
Mann Nolan is the Director of Communications at Heart for Africa. He lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Candice.
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