Andrew's Baptism!

One of my favorite parts of church life is the privilege of seeing people get baptized...people who have started a new life in Christ, and they choose to follow Jesus publicly!  We had six people who have been wanting to get baptized...and Andrew is one of them!  We were able to have a baptism service on June 27th...and it was special to have so many family member here for it.

Andrew has been wanting to be baptized since shortly after he made the decision to trust Christ as His Savior.  We decided to have him wait a year or so to make sure he realized the significance of the decision to be baptized...that he truly did want to obey Christ and follow Him.  We have been so grateful for the spiritual development we have seen him go through, and he truly has been ready to make a public proclamation of his faith and desire to follow Christ!                    
                                   

We are so proud of the young man of God Andrew is becoming...his cake for the occasion has Luke 2:52 referenced...growing in wisdom, stature, and in favor with God and man-just like Jesus did as a boy!






















Now here you can take a look at the trouble it causes to have the baptismal water be only 43 degrees! The video of Andrew's friend Lane being baptized is nearly identical...nothing like trying to baptize an octopus that's clinging to you!

And Lane's baptism, just because it's pretty hilarious, too!