Celebrating Lynnea's Baptism

A little over a year ago, on November 7, 2008, we brought Lynnea to the Emergency Room at the hospital in Princeton, and it quickly became apparent that the belief was that she would not live through the night. At that time, we chose to have her baptised in the hospital. Even though baptism is always a special event that is worth celebrating, that night the celebration of her baptism was the farthest thing from our minds as we watched her struggle to stay alive. Today we were able to bring Lynnea to church to reaffirm her baptism, and to celebrate her new birth in Christ the way that it deserves to be celebrated. She behaved like a typical one-year-old through the church service -- she played peek-a-boo with people sitting behind her, she dropped all of her toys on the floor hoping that we would pick them up for her, and she played "pass the baby" during the prayer. We hope that eventually she will learn how to worship in a more appropriate manner, but today we were just happy that she wasn't too frightened by all of the strangers around her. Thank you to everyone that has kept Lynnea in your prayers over this past year, and for continuing to pray for her as we anticipate more medical challenges to come.