Beach Blessings

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know about a really exciting event that took place this evening (Sunday 9/13). Our church met out at Mickler's Landing (a great beach spot here in Jacksonville) and me and our pastor (Ted Owens) had the privilege to baptize 11 people (8 of whom were students).

It looked like rain almost all day and the forecast said that there would be a 60% chance of rain this evening. But God provided sunshine the entire evening and we were able to baptize the 11 who had come. I had never seen or helped in a beach baptism before and the pastor and I struggled to fight the waves that were crashing unusually hard. But after all was said and done (and everyone was "dunked") we got to see the Gospel proclaimed 11 times and got to see 11 new Christians follow God's command to be Scripturally baptized.

What an encouraging time to see some of the seed's planted by the ministries in our church (awana, youth, and adult) come to fruition. It just goes to remind us that God is faithful and when His Word goes out it does not return void!

Make sure you check out our website www.petrabaptist.com for photos (coming in the near future)!