... a few Sunday´s back, we invited the family and our close friends to Zoé´s dedication in a nearby church. It was the same place where my eldest brother John and his wife Jeanine got married and where their 2 children received their baptism.
Though our 'baptism' was slightly different! The resident priest, who kindly offered us the use of his church building, offered some prayers and my dear friend Pastor Terry, who explained me the Gospel of Jesus Christ and led me to receive Jesus Christ 10 years ago, shared on some Biblical principles. On top, Zoé and Terry are born on the same day.
We had also asked everybody to write down their prayers and or wishes for Zoé on a leaf and then hang it in her ´tree of life´, my sister made with some branches and flowers from her own garden. Lest did we know that one the way back home, my brother John carried the tree in the wind and some of the leaves got lost. We only found out, when Mum walked back from church the next Sunday and saw some of them on the ground! Mmmmh ... John must have had his mind on something else!
Our dedication service was one more of thanking God for His perfect Gift of Zoé and that we as parents will make it our responsibility to raise Zoé in Biblical principles and the knowledge of Jesus Christ, so that one soon day, she can make her own decision to follow a personal walk with Jesus and receive water baptism and follow God in his ways.
Please click below to see some more pictures of the dedication:
Monday, October 30, 2006
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