Easter Sunday in Egypt

What a wonderful Easter service we had here in the Sinai of Egypt. In the picture above is a small coffin Ronnie made for me at our woodshop here on Camp. The coffin represents our old lives before Christ. On the lid are sins that destroy our lives from the inside out. These sins prevent us from having an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ and have no place in the life of a Christian. Unfortunately, even the best Christians pick up some of these sins from time to time. My Easter theme was "New Life" and my foundational scripture for Sunday morning was Romans 6:4, "Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism in His death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life."
As people walked into the O'Deuce Theater they were handed an index card and during the service they were instructed to write down whatever sin or sins were rooted in their heart. I then nailed the lid on the coffin and I will eventually bury the coffin once I leave Egypt. The coffin is currently on display in the chapel so no one will forget that they have died to Christ and have symbolically buried their sins and old life with Christ.