This weekend, at the hostel we are having different events to share the death and the resurrection with our guests. Last night we had what we call Hostel Night, where we offer a free dinner and have a presentation that shares a little bit about Jesus to get people thinking and to start asking questions. Last night went well with a short video clip about what Easter meant to some people our group met on the streets and then it ended with a kind of a modern day video of what it would have been like to Barabbas to be released and Jesus crucified. It was a very good video. And tonight we had a movie that we watched and tomorrow is another Hostel Night with a drama and a monologue. We really hope to get people thinking about why this holiday is celebrated and that it isn’t just a day to get off.
The thing that I’ve been thinking about the most is what would it have been like on this Sabbath day over 2000 years ago. To have found a man and followed him for 3 years, to then see him die on a cross and then today just to be in this sort of limbo. How great it is that we have hindsight to understand and see what was to take place, but the disciples didn’t have that. All they had was grief because Christ was gone. It so strange for us to think about now, but I also think it would have been very strange to have live through. What a difference tomorrow makes.
On a much different note, today was World Pillow Fight Day. So a group of us went to Dam Square to see the action. I hope you can see the pillows. There were feathers everywhere in the end.
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