When looking at these pictures, you are just going to have to imagine your looking at in rewind mode! Anyway, we are so happy for Athan. He has wanted to do this for the last year. I didn't mean to put it off for so long, but I'm glad it worked out the way it did. It was a beautiful night, and a time for our church plant to worship through baptism for the first time. A sweet time!
As a family earlier that day, we talked about baptism and what its significance is. Alf used the passage, Romans 6: 1-14 where it talks about being buried with Christ through baptism (the dunking part:) then being raised up with Christ (coming up from the water.) It is a beautiful way to proclaim that we have received the gift, the gift of God's eternal grace. I am filled with joy that Athan is choosing to take the step of faith and proclaiming it to others. He chose to tell everyone at the baptism that he wants to follow Jesus and recited his favorite verse, Proverbs 3:5 and 6. You go, boy!!!
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YAY Allison! So precious.
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