Alaska Mission Trip- Part 3- The Baptisms

More of the Baptism story in Alaska.

 Makayla and Dolly 

are two of my young friends in Deering.

 (Both about age 8)  

One little girl’s mother asked

 Scott (my pastor husband)

 to baptize her daughter 

when he came back the next year.  

We came prepared to baptize Dolly.

 We were not prepared for the

 excitement Dolly was feeling about being baptized. 

The minute Dolly saw us she asked,

 “When can I be baptized?"

  One our 3^rd day in Deering,

 Dolly her mother and her aunt

 all came after Bible school 

so excited for her to be baptized.

 I will never forget the smile

 on Dolly’s face after her baptism. 

Scott gave her the shell 

he used during the baptism.  

After the baptism, Dolly’s friend said,

 “I want to be baptized too. Can I be baptized?"

Scott told her she had to ask her dad. 

Makayla rushed home and asked her dad. 

 She came back yelling- "he said yes, he said yes!"

 Makayla asked to be baptized during Bible school. 

An excited Makayla arrived early with smiles, 

and with her father watching, she was baptized.

  Their excitement at this important 

faith milestone was encouraging.

Perhaps I had taken for granted my baptism.

 What a wonderful reminder 

for me

 that I am a child of God through baptism!

Submitted by Denise Johnson- 
Contributing writer to Journeys of Faith