Ann Elizabeth has been taking a class at church called First Steps. She has really expressed an interest in learning more about Christ and being baptized. We attended the class with her every Sunday morning for 4 weeks. She was thrilled to be in there and was very energetic in answering question. Her teacher Ms. Lee was FANTASTIC. She explains everything about Jesus and how we are made in his image, his dying for our sins, everything....so wonderfully and so simple.
On the last Sunday you have to fill out an information sheet and express that you have already made a commitment to Christ or that you want to.
Walter and I never doubted that she knew about Christ, but I just wasn't sure she had even "prayed the prayer". She sat at our kitchen table and shed the tears of a sweet child as she told us that she had asked Jesus into her heart...and then she prayed it again...almost like she wanted to make sure. We cried with her and reassured her that she didn't need to do it more than once that once she had prayed it, she was good!
The next day was Sunday and as her class teaches, she has to make the decision to go up front and hand over her information card to Dr. Poplin, our Senior Pastor. Well....she was so nervous, but she didn't hesitate one bit to walk right down to the front of the church and hand her card over! I was sooooo proud! It also happened to be the same day that her friend Carsen was baptised and her teacher Ms. Maye was in the church with us. Such a special occasion that we will remember forever.
Her big day of baptism will be June 5, 2011. It will surely be a celebration!!
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