April
17, 1933 Easter Monday. We all went to church. Home in the afternoon. In the evening we went to J. J. Friesens.
Easter was a special celebration for the Siemens. First, on Good Friday there was a solemn
worship service, including communion and footwashing, to remember Jesus’
suffering and sacrifice for our sins on the cross. Then Saturday would have been the usual day
of preparation for Sunday, cleaning the house and baking tweeback and loaves of bread and cookies and getting food ready for
the guests who would certainly come over every Sunday. On Easter Sunday there was a worship service
celebrating Christ’s resurrection. And
on Easter Monday there was yet another worship service. No work was done on Friday, Sunday, or Monday. No one complained about three worship
services because they were a chance to worship God and to see friends and
relatives. Three days of no work were
considered a blessing and not a hindrance because they were an opportunity to
rest from the hard physical labor of keeping a house and farm operating.
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