4/9/2012 - Cupcakes adorn a table at a party celebrating spring and the Easter holiday at a U.S. Embassy house in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, April 7, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)
4/9/2012 - Following a long winter in Kyrgyzstan, trees and flowers bloom in a garden at a home in Bishkek April 7, 2012, announcing that spring has arrived. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)
4/9/2012 - Minister Chris Brisbane sings ?Celebrate (He Lives)? during a Good Friday service at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, chapel April 6, 2012. The chapel offered a Good Friday service for military personnel and civilian contractors at the Transit Center as a way to help them celebrate the upcoming Easter holiday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lynsie Nichols)
4/9/2012 - The Praise Armada leads the congregation in worship during a Good Friday service at the Transit center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, chapel April 6, 2012. The Wings of Hope Chapel at the Transit Center serves all religious faiths. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lynsie Nichols)
4/9/2012 - Capt. Nicholas Williams, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing executive officer at the Transit Center at Manas, wrestles with Graham, 5-year-old son of Lt. Col. Daniel Manning, at a spring and Easter holiday party held at a U.S. Embassy house in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, April 7, 2012. Manning is the Embassy defense and air attache' and one of several families who attended the party. Airmen from the Transit Center at Manas volunteered to help with the event and spend time with the children. Williams is deployed here from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and his hometown is Charlotte, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)
4/9/2012 - Following a long winter in Kyrgyzstan, trees and flowers bloom in a garden at a home in Bishkek April 7, 2012, announcing that spring has arrived. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)
4/9/2012 - (L to R) During an Easter vigil, Master Sgt. Angel Huertas, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain office superintendent, holds a flashlight for 376th AEW Chaplain Maj. Patrick Wedeking and Polish Chaplain 1st Lt. Wladyslaw Wlodavczyk while they read the crucifixion story at the Transit Center at Manas chapel, Kyrgyzstan, April 7, 2012. Wlodavczyk is traveling through the Transit Center with the XI Shift Polish Military Contingent heading to Afghanistan. Wedeking, a member of the Gallup, N.M., diocese, is deployed here from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., and his hometown is Topeka, Kan. Huertas is a member of the Connecticut Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)
4/9/2012 - Maj. Patrick Wedeking, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain, prays to catholic saints during an Easter vigil April 7, 2012, at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Wedeking, a member of the Gallup, N.M., diocese, is deployed here from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., and his hometown is Topeka, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)
4/9/2012 - Maj. Patrick Wedeking, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain, and Polish Chaplain 1st Lt. Wladyslaw Wlodavczyk sprinkle holy water to symbolize the renewing of baptismal vows during an Easter vigil held at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, April 7, 2012. More than 40 U.S. military, Polish Army, U.S. Embassy and civilian contractors attended the service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)
4/9/2012 - On average, 2,000 transiting coalition forces arrive at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, each day; Easter Sunday was no different as troops move gear here April 8, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)
4/9/2012 - Airmen and a civilian contractor depart the all-faiths chapel at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, after an Evangelical Easter sunrise service April 8, 2012. During the course of three days, beginning with Good Friday, the chapel here hosted 10 services for varying denominations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)
4/9/2012 - Spring is in the air and leaves are on the trees at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, April 8, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)
4/9/2012 - Staff Sgt. Brandy Ford (l) and Senior Airman Amanda Felhofer, 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron supply specialists at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, share a hymnal during an Easter Sunday worship service April 8, 2012. Ford is deployed here from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and her hometown is Creedmoor, N.C. Felhofer is deployed here from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., and her hometown is Lufkin, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tracy L. DeMarco)