I was born into a loving, Christian family and have gone to a Christian school my whole life. But when my dad died almost 8 years ago, I started to pray and read my Bible less frequently. I was disappointed, sad, and maybe a little angry that God would take away my dad from his family and friends.
In the years to follow my relationship with Jehovah still wasn’t very strong. I only went to church because I had to, not because I wanted to learn about God. After my dad’s death, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior at a vacation Bible school. But it wasn’t until I was in sixth grade at Mason County Christian School that I started to pray more and study my Bible often. Mr. Swanson was my Bible teacher the last three years at that school. In his class, I was taught more about my Creator and what He did. I started to understand more about my Lord’s ultimate yet undeserved love that can save me, and that He loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
I had heard those words many times, but it suddenly became clearer than before. I also learned that my main goal in life should be to glorify God with all I do and say. And that’s what I want to do today. I want to obey the Lord by getting baptized and showing you that I want to live my life for Jesus. I know that without going to MCCS, I would have never gotten this far in my walk with Jehovah. I am so thankful that God provided me with good parents that sacrificed a lot to have their children learning at a great school where we are taught about the Lord, and for all the awesome teachers at that little school on the hill.
I may have lost my earthly father, but I will always have a Heavenly Father to turn to. I was baptized on August 30, 2009 by Bill Swanson at Willa Smith’s place on Harstine Island.
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