Our little girl took a step of faith today. Funny how just yesterday she was a tiny baby in our arms incapable of stepping at all. Today, she ran into the arms of Jesus. At the age of eleven, she was baptized.
When Lexi was a baby, before those tiny feet took their first tentative step, she was dedicated to Jesus. In a Nazarene church in Russia, her pastor grandfather, her pastor Uncle Fred, and her pastor Uncle Chuck led a dedication ceremony. Looking on, were Russian Nazarenes who had come to be our family.
On July 5th, her father prepared to baptize her in a pool at Golden Bell during our family reunion. The words would not come. To baptize your baby girl is no small step. Jay's uncle Branson, spoke the words that could not pass by the lump in her daddy's throat as he lowered his little girl into the water and raised her up again.
These milestones of life remind us of how quickly our little girl is growing up and they intensify our most heartfelt prayer. May our precious young girl grow up to love and to serve the Lord with all of her heart for all of her life and may she step faithfully with Jesus throughout her life's journey.
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