I serve a risen Savior!

Happy Easter Everyone!
I wanted to share with you a book my Sunday School class read this year during the Lenten season. We're actually finishing it up next week. 
It's called "24 Hours the Changed the World" by Adam Hamilton. Amazon's link to the book.
I have discovered so much about the Holy Land and the time of Jesus. I wish I had read the book before our trip over there four years ago!
Pastor Hamilton takes viewers to special Holy Land sites. YouTube of Adam telling you about his book. The book and video are very easy to follow and are eye-opening. He has done his homework! 
For instance, I learned that a cross wasn't the entire cross. One only had to carry the middle part. The tall, lengthy part was already in the ground at the destination. And a cross usually weighed about 100 pounds. I told one of the kids at church that and she exclaimed, "Yowza, that's the size of my big brother!" 
I hope you all have a blessed year. And remember that the Good News is not a secret. It's somethings we should be excited about and tell everyone we know! 

Nest cookies

I've seen these around blogs and thought they were super cute to do for my Bible study group.  I had no idea how easy they would be to put together. I f you have a big kid who loves to bake or do crafts, they will really enjoy doing these. 

Ingredients:

12 oz. package of La Choy (or any brand I guess) chow mein noodles

12 oz. package of Hershey butterscotch morsels (1 3/4 cup). When I was at the store, I saw that there were chocolate chips and peanut butter chips. I think I will do those next time!

1 box of egg shaped Whoppers mini Robin eggs (or jelly beans, some kind of candy shaped like eggs).

How to make them:

Spray glass microwaveable bowl with nonstick spray (this helps with clean up)

Put the morsels in the bowl and microwave in 30 second intervals.

  

Mix in between each time until the consistency is like that of smooth peanut butter. 

Slowly add in the noodles a little at a time so that you can get all of them covered. 

Put parchment paper down on a baking sheet and spoon/form your nests out. 

If the butterscotch noodles start to dry out, just zap them again for 30 more seconds to make loose again. 

Place the eggs in your nest. After you have filled up your baking sheet, slowly pull the entire sheet of nests out onto a table to allow yourself more work space. 

Mine made 20 nests with eggs and one without. So, I ate the one without! I must say, these are super sweet. You will want to have some milk on hand to wash it all down. And you can probably get away with making double the amount, mine were kinda on the big side (they fit in the palm of my hand). 

These would be great to make with kids if you are reading about Spring, birds or the outdoors. 

These would also be cute for a tea or shower.