Baptisms and Block Parties

We had another full and crazy weekend! Graduation ceremonies, work, Cinco de Mayo block parties on our street, sermon prep, sermon delivery, free student lunch (last one of the school year), and a baptism celebration. All of which was really, really good. The highlight, though, was to be able to baptize my friend, the legendary Cuban John, yesterday afternoon. Sometimes, in the busyness of life and the semester I can lose track of progress that is being made, or the transformation that is happening over time in people’s lives. It’s so good to have a moment to recognize the journey that someone has been on. I needed to see that!

Baptisms

[REUNION] held a baptism celebration this week, and it was awesome to watch 5 students get dunked! I always love these moments, but I found each of the stories to be especially moving this time. One of my favorite stories culminated in watching Eric baptize one of our BU students. Eric got connected to REUNION/Sojourn through mutual friends from California (the Derricos) who has become a community group leader with his wife. So great to watch all of that work together for a great Kingdom story!