The Thursday before the resurection was the night of the last supper and Jesus going to the garden of Gethsemane. We started off by watching a bible video of the last supper. We asked the kids why they thought Jesus would wash his disciples feet. Nola was so cute - she said that the disciples feet were so dirty they couldn't walk anymore, so Jesus served them by cleaning them :) We talked a lot about service and how we are all equal. Then, we took turns washing each others feet. The kids were remarkably reverent while doing it.
After that we had a discussion about the sacrament and then prepared to enter 'Gethsemane'. We had originally planned to go out to the back yard as Gethsemane, however it was rainy so we just pretended the kitchen was the garden. We started downstairs and slowly walked up stairs to the kitchen while singing 'Gethsemane'. Once in the garden, we all knelt in prayer. John said the prayer and said 'Heavenly Father, thankful for this day. Thankful for chicken and pickles. Thankful for Easter week. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.'
After we all hugged and took a deep breath to prepare for tomorrow...the crucifixion.
Beautiful once again. Love John's prayer. Who wouldn't be thankful for chicken and pickles.
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