Paul, yes, I was baptized outdoors at a lake. We always have the annual
church picnic on that day. I'll never forget that day for many reasons,
one of which was that in order to get to the water we had to go down a
steep hil and a scary ladder. If I hadn't had Pastor and another guy
holding me up, I would have been baptized the hard way. <smile>
Also, I got a mouthful of water when Pastor dunked me. I was going to
tease him later about not warning me to keep my mouth shut. <grin>
Anyway, of course, those weren't the main reasons for my remembering the
day, but just some kind of fun things I can look back on.
Would you say I babble too much?
Love in Christ,
Deb
At 06:03 PM 1/3/04, you wrote:
>Not boring at all, Deb. Thanks for sharing. You mentioned how beautiful
>your baptism day was (what a great memory). Just curious, were you baptized
>outdoors? Just something about the way you mentioned the weather that made
>me think you were.
>
>Paul
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Deb Kroll" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:46 PM
>Subject: Re: Hello
>
>
> > Well, John and everyone, if I told you everything it would take an awful=
> > lot of time so I'll try to keep it short, but I really do want to share=
> > it.
> >
> > It all started a little over two years ago when my husband Gene had to go=
> > to the hospital because of breathing problems. He asked our neighbor=
> > across the street to look in on me from time to time and she did. She=
> > drove me home from the hospital the Saturday after he went in and she
>just=
> > casually mentioned something about going to church. I said I really=
> > needed to find a church and she invited me to go with her and her
>husband.
> >
> > And from there it just kept getting better. I went to their church and=
> > liked it. I asked the pastor to suggest ways that I could sing the
>hymns,=
> > since many of them were unfamiliar to me and not long after that I met a=
> > wonderful lady who has a braille embosser that her blind granddaughter
>was=
> > using so now I get all the church bulletins in braille.
> >
> > Then I heard the choir sing and knew I had to be in it and the dear lady=
> > wrote all the words to the choir songs, too.
> >
> > Since then I've become more and more active in the church. The people
>are=
> > really God's people. From the beginning they accepted me just as I was=
> > and I can feel God's wonderful presence every time I go in the door.
> >
> > Now, how's that for an example of God taking something bad and turning it=
> > into good? And by the way, Gene's problem wasn't serious, but it sure=
> > took a lot of tests to find that out.
> >
> > There's a lot more to it, but that's pretty much what's been happening.
> >
> > Oh, almost forgot. I was finally baptized about a year and a half ago on=
> > the most beautiful day the Lord ever made. The weather was perfect and
>so=
> > was everything else.
> >
> > Well, I hope I didn't bore anyone too much. I'm not really a writer.=
> > <smile>
> >
> > Love in Christ,
> >
> > Deb
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