Franklin's Baptism

Franklin (age 8) accepted Jesus into his heart a year or so ago and has previously refused to be baptized, because he was embarassed. We have tried to explain to him that the purpose of baptism is to publicly profess your faith and identify yourself as a Christ-follower. At Vacation Bible School, they talked about baptism again and the conversation came up again. I explained to Franklin that there were going to be lots of kids that were getting baptized at the Friday night event and that the only people watching would be the friends & family of the kids getting baptized. (never mind that those people would number in the hundreds...) We talked everything through again - salvation, baptism, etc. - what it all means - and we were confident that he understands and desired to be baptized. We want this to be a decision HE makes & no one has pressured him into it. Harrison also expressed an interest in being baptized, but after a discussion with him, we really felt that he did not fully understand and was not ready. So, Franklin & I attended the baptism class and on Friday, June 20, 2008 - Franklin got baptized by Pastor Wayne!! Yippee!!