When it comes to favorite holidays I would have to say that as I have gotten older, or more seasoned, Easter has become my favorite. Sometimes Easter and Illinois Youth Turkey Hunt coincide on the same weekend. It’s not often that we get to spend holidays with the CTO Sportsmen. This provides a challenge to get enough volunteers to help with the Turkey Hunt Event, but it also allows us to share the wonderful gift Christ shared with us all by sacrificing Himself on the cross, and freeing us from the bondage of sin. 

We get to start Friday night sharing with the CTO Sportsmen about Good Friday. How Jesus Spent most of the day in town at the temple that he was about to replace. We tell the story of the garden in the evening before we go to bed. On Saturday evening we shared with the CTO Sportsmen that Jesus went willingly. We discussed how Jesus knew before he was ever arrested what was about to take place. We pointed out how He even asked His Father for another way, but then He chose to fulfill His calling as our Lord and Savior. On Sunday we greet each other with a joyous HE IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED.

Oh yeah we hunted turkeys too.