Airiel and I have enjoyed getting to know Monica over the past few months.
She and I have had some great studies, and yesterday she gave her life to Christ!
It’s wonderful to be part of a church that’s impacting the lives of people.
A good chunk of our congregation was able to show up for Monica’s baptism, and it was hugs all around afterward.
One of the neat things about the Lake Merced Church is the sense of family that’s present … new people can plug in quickly. Monica felt that, and others have as well.
Our new friend Abies (pronounced a – bee – iss) was baptized into Christ today:
The water in the baptistery was very cold … again! You’ll notice Abies went completely stiff while going under … lol. We really need to get that fixed.
Anyway, we’re very happy about Abies. Airiel and I met her a few weeks ago and took her out to lunch today simply to get to know her a bit better. That unexpectedly led to a Bible study and her baptism.
Besides the mild case of hypothermia, today was a good day. 🙂
Remember Sonia – the girl who had a car wreck in front of our church building only to end up becoming a Christian (read all about that here)? Well, she introduced us to a friend – meet April:
April came with Sonia to the college group’s Bible class yesterday morning at Lake Merced where she expressed interest in being baptized.
“Do you guys do baptisms here?”
“Well, as a matter of fact we do.”
Airiel and I had everyone over to our house for lunch after church services as we do every week, and April hung out and studied the Bible with us for a couple of hours. In the end, she decided to commit her life to following Jesus.
April is an eighteen year old single mom with a beautiful little boy who enjoys playing with Naomi and Conrad. We had a great time with them yesterday, and look forward to more in the future.
Wes with April right after her baptism.
In the three years leading up to our move to SF, Airiel and I prayed almost every night for the Lord to send people to us here whose hearts were prepared to receive Him, and He’s answering that prayer affirmatively. April’s is the sixth baptism we’ve had in our college ministry in the last little bit, and we’re anticipating more. Praise God!
All of these new people have plugged into the college ministry and larger church body sticking with us with the exception of one. We’re retaining just about everyone, building community, and continuing to disciple them.
The college ministry plant in San Francisco is bearing fruit, and it’s all God! 🙂
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