Amen and Amen!

Today was such a great day at church!! The worship was awesome to start the service off! Jarod stopped the service at one point and had it go dark in the auditorium. Then on the screen different scriptures speaking of God's love for us flashed one after another. Then he lead into the song "Oh how he loves us" by Crowder. Very powerful and so true. First service our friends son came forward to be baptized. It is his Dad's birthday today too so what a great present for him!

Second service our friend Randy came forward to be baptized! I think I've mentioned him before. He is in our connection group and is very genuine and real in where he has been and the mistakes he has made. He has been coming to church and to our group since this fall, and he is doing an amazing job changing his life and living for God. His wife, Barbara, has now started coming to our group and told us this morning that she won't be too far behind in getting baptized! Praise God! We are blessed to be part of their lives and decision to follow Christ. Jarod and I were talking about it, it was nothing that we said that convinced them to make these decisions. But our group, living out a genuine Christian life and just loving them, was what they needed to see. Our group has embraced these two and loved them for who they are, warts and all. It is God's power working in us to make a difference. I am so thrilled for Randy and for his whole family, who by the way came to church this week with him for the first time, and so thankful to be a part of this! This is Randy and Jarod after service this morning(and did I mention he looks like my Dad?):