A Good Friday Welcome

Dear Byron,

We're excited. This wonderful day is named Good Friday all over the world. And it really is good—for two reasons.

You, your Mommy and your Daddy all arrived today and not just for the Easter weekend. You are coming to live with us—at least for a few months, until you find a new home. You don't realize it right now, but everything is changing for your family. You no longer live in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Your Mommy and Daddy have new jobs here in Houston where GGMa and I live. And you are staying with us until your family gets settled.

That's why we're so excited. That's why we are so happy that we could help you and your parents during this time of change. That means, of course, that we'll get to see more of you now that we all live in the same town. And we are so, so very happy about that

And this is Good Friday for another very important reason. This is the day that we Christians—and that includes you, Byron—celebrate and rejoice that Jesus went all the way to the cross and death in our place. The blessed, happy and very Good thing is that because of His sacrifice we all share in His loving forgiveness.

That's what Jesus said to you when you were baptized into Him. That's what He says to us all.

So we rejoice on this Good Friday, my dear little great-grandson. And I pray Jesus' many blessings upon you in all the days and years ahead.

Love,

GGPa