Welcome to the Family... Of God!!!

Our oldest son Eric this past summer accepted Jesus into his heart! (that's a whole other story in itself!) The church children's leader Marta asked when we would like Eric to baptized; Eric's response was "I would like Uncle Scott and Auntie Diane to be home, so Uncle Scott could baptize me." As the schedule unfolded we knew that Dec. 30th would be the best day for this event! You see Scott and Diane are IBM missionaries in Russia and haven't been home in 14months. Thus scheduling was key! What a great way to start a new year! Andrew and I prepared Eric, went over what he would say, how he is now the light of the world, an example to his brother and sister. So last night we prepped his clothing and the speech he would say in front of our church family. I woke up this morning early to sing on our worship team to find Eric up and fully dressed! Mind you I get up on these days at 6:15am (yes it's a very long day, but I love it!) Andrew wanted to spend the morning with just Eric, so I took Ethan and Abbey with me to practice and first service. So with almost all Andrew's family, our church family, and great friends in attendance Eric was baptized. Showing to all what had transpired in his heart! Here's are the few pictures I could take through the happy tears...

Here is the speech Eric said before he was dunked... Hi I’m Eric, I just turned 9 last week! I became a Christian this past summer after seeing a skit at Kid-venture. The skit scared me, and made me THINK I might miss out on being with Jesus, my family and friends. I am glad I’m being raised in a loving Christian home, and have a wonderful Church family to hold me accountable. I’m not perfect and I’ve got a lot of growing to do, but I know God will not give me more than I can handle.

Questions from Uncle Scott before the dunking!

I just love the look on Uncle Scott's face in this shot...