It is so nice to see my kids playing with their Bibles. They love to "read" me the stories. Today I got to hear about Jesus' death and resurrection. I typed this as they were saying it so I could get every word just the way they said it.
Isaac: Jesus carried his own cross. Then he said something. After he said his words he died.
Abigail: Yeah, he died and went to heaven
Me: Did Jesus stay dead?
Isaac: No, but then when she came in she saw that the tomb the stone was rolling away from the door and when she looked in the tomb was empty. And she saw two men sitting. And she said, "Where is Jesus?" and they said, "He isn't here." Then she saw, well she thought it was the gardener, but it wasn't. Then he talked and she said, "Teacher." And it was Jesus, then she ran to the house where the disciples were and said, "I have seen Jesus! I have seen Jesus."
He knows the story pretty well. Here is John 20:11-18.
But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down [and looked] into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. Then they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing [there], and did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, "Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to Him, "Rabboni!" (which is to say, Teacher). Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and [to] My God and your God.' "Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and [that] He had spoken these things to her.
The kids, Mom, Ms. Judy, and I started our adventure to National Harbor Friday, April 29. We "hopped on the bus" in Knoxville, TN at 10:30 in the morning and got to DC at 8:30 pm. Aunt Laura met us for the walk to the metro and the trip out to her apartment. We spent one night with Aunt Laura and then metroed over to the Wyndham National Harbor resort on Saturday. So far we've gone to worship with the Oxon Hill Church of Christ on Sunday morning and had a visit with Uncle Don and Aunt Ragnhild on Sunday evening. We water taxied over to Old Town Alexandria yesterday and spent the day walking around then metroed back. And today the kids are heading down to the children's museum while Aunt Laura and I have to work. Oh, and we may have been swimming a few times :-D. Here are some pictures from the first four days.
