Friends and Family,
This past Sunday Hannah took the step of faith of baptism this past Sunday on Easter. Kingston and Ramona, Kristine’s whole family, Dr Wada and Mrs. Wada, and Kazuki were able to come to the service and give their continued support for her. It was a wonderful time celebrating Jesus’ resurrection and also hearing the wonderful testimonies of God’s goodness and leading in those who were baptized.
I didn’t take many pictures as I wanted to see everything. But there were a couple of volunteers taking pictures of everything so hopefully, I can get those and post some of them.
Below is the link to the Easter Service and Hannah’s written testimony.
With Love,
Mike, Hannah, Nathan, and Daniel
Here is the link to the Easter Service:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM_OZvUFgl8
This is Hannah's written testimony:
Hi, my name is Hannah. I am here to declare my faith in Jesus. I am getting baptized today because the Lord has put it on my heart despite my past excuses of not being old enough or “ready” for it.
I grew up in a Christian home, and I heard all about Hell, aka forever timeout, from my parents. I knew as a child that I did not want to go there when I died. Instead, I wanted to go to Heaven because it sounded a whole lot nicer. When my parents and I prayed together to let Jesus into my life, that was when my journey of faith began. However, it wasn’t until my friend told me that I was spoiled and selfish, that it made me look inside myself to find out that Jesus wasn’t just a way to Heaven, I needed Him to help change me and guide me so that I could become a better person with Him.
During my faith journey, there were many hard roadblocks and challenges that I could not overcome without the help and comfort of Jesus and the peace that He brings. Life brought me stress and anxiety, whether it was due to simple things like school exams to even the most challenging situation that I’ve faced so far, the passing of my mom. But, because of Him, I have the assurance that she is living joyfully with Jesus Christ and that He continues to have good plans for me. I can now say with confidence that I want to follow Him for the rest of my life.
