Austin's knowledge of the Bible and his strength in the Lord has grown so much in the past three years! He has become an amazing young man. He wanted to get baptized before he left--which made July 26th, 2009 an even more memorable day!!!
On the right of Austin in his youth leader ,Kevin. Kevin talked a few minutes about Austin and how great it is to see how far he has come in his walk with the Lord. Austin had a lot of questions and doubts at first. Through studying, prayer and faith he has become a strong christian young man.
Now for the waiting and the knock on the door:( I am not sure if Austin was posing for this picture or if he was really scared, sad, or anxious (maybe all of them).
Big hug from the kids! And the nice big bear hug from dad--Mike is so proud of Austin and is excited he gets to finally go do the one thing he has talked about since elementary school.
One more hug for Erica!
One last look:( Then is in the car. I told everyone to make silly faces as he drives away so he doesn't remember all sad faces:/
Now we wait for letters and phone calls. He has his phone for about a week until he turns it in. I will keep everyone posted of his progress:)
1 comment:
HOW SAD!!!! But exciting too! Hang in there! We love you Austin!
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