Rin's Baptism

Rin's salvation date was May 13, 2014 which was also the week she lost her first tooth and when B graduated.  I wrote about it here with the other milestones that week. We were so excited for her and just thrilled.  The natural next step is baptism.  We met with Pastor Andy before moving and had him ask her a few questions about it.  It was pretty obvious that she wasn't ready so we waited.  We spent a lot of time talking to her about baptism over the summer.  Once we found Sugar Creek Baptist Church, we heard of a Discovery class that R could attend for those children interested in baptism.  This was the perfect class for her so we signed up her.  B took her on Sunday, 9/14/14.  She was excited when she came home because she said that she answered all the questions correctly and she was ready to be baptized.  B was excited too because she'd made so much progress since May. 

The baptism date was scheduled for 9/21/14 at 3:00 pm.  My parents were already going to be in town for a visit so they decided to stay through Monday.  B's sister and brother (and their families) were going to come as well.  This was an important day for R.  We were all so proud of her! 

There were over 70 people being baptized.  The youngest was 6 and the oldest, well, not sure.  Lots of adults and teens too.  We took up an entire row with our family (all 18 of us).  R was in the second group to go behind the Spanish group.  There was no program or anything so we didn't know when it would be her until the speaker announced.  It was so great to watch and I was beaming with pride. 

On the way to church with Daddy

changed and ready!

The cousins came to watch

Rin's life verse

Proud Parents

After the service was over, we had chicken and cake at our house with the family.  It was a fun evening and we were so grateful of all the support for our new sister in Chris!