Easter Sunday was special this year for a few reasons. At our church on Easter we celebrate baptisms with a church ceremony and then everyone heads down to Ocean Beach where baptism candidates are "dunked" into the ocean to symbolize their new life in Christ. This year, Guy's childhood friend Damon was baptized and asked Guy to be his sponsor. At the same time, one of our Young Life girls from San Francisco asked me to sponsor her baptism. It was a very meaningful time for us to share in this ceremony with dear friends. It's a wonderful celebration as tons of people join on the beach to support the candidates. They enter the water with their pastor and sponsor, go to about knee-high and the candidate is dipped backward into the water. We included some pictures of the special day. Guy went in with Damon and the pastor (last picture). I decided to go part-way and then Wendy and her pastor went the rest of the way. I think Avery was excited to be at the beach as she kicked the whole time, but I wanted to be careful not to go too far. It was awesome to watch and pray for Wendy as she was led to the baptism waters. What a special day!
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