It was a very special day for our family. Last week we joined Valley Baptist Church and this evening, Adam was baptized. He accepted Christ into his heart when he was a student at Baylor University, but had never been baptized. Last week when we joined, he requested to be baptized. I was sad that our family and friends back home wouldn't be here to share the moment with us, but God provided the next best thing...the Internet. Our church broadcasts the sermons online, so I sent the link out for those that wished to watch it.
I knew that some of my family would be watching, but as I was waiting for the service to start, an old dear friend sat down beside me, it was the Boyer family. I have mentioned them before, but they are a precious family that I have known since my days at Tallowood Baptist.They switched to Kingsland around the same time we did and moved to Bakersfield about 4 years ago. When we first moved to Bakersfield, they had us over for dinner and gave us all sorts of suggestions and information about our new hometown. I don't know if Mrs. Boyer reads this blog, but if you do, thank you for coming to the service this evening. To all of our family, thank you so much for the sweet notes and messages that you sent Adam. We truly are blessed by each and every one of you.
If any of you would like to see the baptism, go to http://www.valleybaptist.org/ and you can watch the archive sermons. I don't know how soon they will post the sermon from tonight, but it will be 4/13/08 - Pastor Phil Neighbors sermon on Miracles of Jesus.
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