Happy Easter!

Although I was away from my family and friends, I must say it was a wonderful Easter. The project I work on in New Orleans is supported by our office up here in the Quad City Area. Because of that, I have come to know a lot of co-workers who live in the area. For Easter I was extended two wonderful invitations. The first was to attend church and lunch with one co-worker and his friends and family. And the second invitation was to do mid-afternoon Easter dinner. I accepted both!! I met coworker #1 and his crowd and headed to the arena near my hotel. They go to a large Baptist church (3000+ members). Because of the large turn out expected for Easter, they had moved the service to the arena. I go to a small Lutheran church, so this was quite a difference worship experience than I am used to. But it was really fun and the minister had a great Easter message. After church, we went  brunch at a restaurant nearby. Once I was done there, i headed up to my room and dropped off my leftovers and then hopped in the car for dinner with co-worker #2. It was sooooo nice to have a home cooked meal. And I got to spend 4 hours with her wonderful family. It was a really nice day.

Then I came home and got to watch this:

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This was a really wonderful story for me to catch because when I worked for the federal government in DC, the main project I worked on was setting up a supply chain to delivery HIV/AIDs drugs to 15 focus countries identified in President Bush's PEPFAR Program. I left when the project was about 2 years in. Its so nice to see that all our blood, sweet and tears has truly made a difference.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!