{"id":1921,"date":"2024-03-31T22:10:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T22:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2024-04-20T23:56:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T23:56:23","slug":"jesus-is-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/31\/jesus-is-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus is Alive!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-kb-palette-2-background-color has-background\">Over 1700 plastic Easter eggs stuffed with stickers, candies, and toys.  All of this in order for people to have the opportunity to hear the good news about Jesus Christ.    <\/h5>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1921_d78011-34 .kt-block-spacer{height:23px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1921_d78011-34 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#888888;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1921_d78011-34\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Holy Week<\/strong> is one of our favorite times for outreach to share the gospel because here in Spain, people are more open to receiving the good news about Jesus Christ during this time&#8230;so, we take advantage.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Years ago, we introduced our neighborhood to what we do in the United States &#8211; an Easter Egg Hunt, where we explained to the kids:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-kb-palette-2-background-color has-background\"><em>The egg represents <strong>new life<\/strong> which helps us remember that after Jesus died, <strong>He resurrected and is alive<\/strong>.  We search for the eggs just like the disciples were searching for Jesus after He was crucified.  When they found Him they found new life, and <strong>it reminds us of the eternal life He offers us when we believe in Him<\/strong><\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years ago, we decided to make a big event out of this time to be able to reach more of the community. We gave the event a name, <strong>PASCUA EL SAUCAR<\/strong> &#8211; Pascua meaning Easter and El Saucar being the name of our neighborhood, added more elements (<em>games, face painting, nail painting, crafts, and a show<\/em>), and moved the event from our base to a park. We had over 200 people show up. Over 200 people were able to hear the gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240322_125057-1-1170x690.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1929 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>This year<\/strong>, we planned to do the same.  I even went out to scope out the land to begin mapping out where everything would go.  The sun was out&#8230;until it wasn&#8217;t.  The day of the event, IT RAINED!  It rained all week, leading up to the event, but I kept holding out that it would stop.  It didn&#8217;t.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Would people come out in the rain?  Would it still work out if we had the event indoors?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-kb-palette-11-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-fbc369d0653b89568db7633096d53291\" style=\"background-color:#000000;font-size:25px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase\">The answer is yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter is-style-rectangular\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1923\" data-id=\"1923\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_170901-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_170901-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_170901-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_170901-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_170901-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_170901-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Getting ready for the people to show up<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1925\" data-id=\"1925\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_175959-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_175959-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_175959-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_175959-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_175959-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_175959-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Little Isa getting her nails painted for the first time<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1924\" data-id=\"1924\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_173308-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_173308-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_173308-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_173308-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_173308-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240331_173308-585x780.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Examining her nails<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1926\" data-id=\"1926\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG-20240411-WA0031.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG-20240411-WA0031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG-20240411-WA0031-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG-20240411-WA0031-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG-20240411-WA0031-585x780.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sharing the good news with the families<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">People showed up.  People heard the gospel.  People responded.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the people I get to work with, who choose to say YES to God no matter what, and just go for it.  Who say, NOTHING IS GONNA STOP US FROM SHARING THE GOOD NEWS!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating Easter with the Neighborhood!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[240],"tags":[268,6,16,17],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240321_110012-1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1931,"href":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921\/revisions\/1931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}