Easter in our family has been a fun time for the grandchildren including chocolate candies, colored eggs, the Easter bunny, and new clothes. This year there will be no new Sunday dresses at church since all of our meetinghouses are closed. Those who shop for Easter goodies this year will do it at their own peril. No large Easter egg hunts, sharing of Easter candy with cousins, or big dinners.
Parents this year will have to come up with a new way to celebrate Easter. Here are some ideas you might use to keep some of your Easter traditions while social distancing. Some of these are perfect for your living room or yard. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/virtual-easter-egg-hunts-let-144800827.html
If you donāt have any plastic eggs from years past, you can make eggs out of paper and write Easter messages on them. You can make large Easter eggs out of construction paper and hang them on your windows for others to see when they pass by.
Easter Egg hunt in Centerville 
This year may be the first time for many of the kids to join the world-wide fast for our world because of COVID 19. It has been a somber time for all of us and our attention has been redirected to the most important part of Easter, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Sometimes we just need a reset button to remind us of our priorities.
It is a time of reflection and unity in spirit we have not seen. Although we cannot be together physically this Easter, we can cherish one another and share our experiences through technology. The recent and ongoing crises should be a reminder not to get too caught up in less important agendas.
Iknow I will never take for granted a touch, hug, or kiss from one of my grandchildren again. Isolation makes me sad. I am more grateful for family.
Perhaps the feeling of being exiled from all that is dear to us will help us to understand more of the experience Jesus had when his own people betrayed him. His last few days were infinitely more difficult than what we are experiencing now. I hope we will come out of this quarantine with renewed determination to be more Christlike.
Happy Easter! We just finished our Tonga Nukuāalofa Mission history 1989-1992 and uploaded it for you to read. There are several Tender Mercy stories that were submitted by missionaries who served with us. Please share with others that may be interested.
