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826CHI Volunteer Photo Book: My World Project - Part 1: REBECA'S BAPTISM
REBECA'S BAPTISM, Photo and Story by Raquel Miranda
Rebeca and I have been friends for a long time. She is 11 years old. She has been sick for a while, but she’s a very strong person, and she makes other people optimistic just by being herself.
A few weeks ago, Rebeca decided that she wanted to be baptized. That Sunday afternoon, we all drove to Lake Michigan and stood on the docks and watched as the clouds loomed overhead. We watched as the sky got dark over the lake, the Sears Tower, and Rebeca standing there in the water. After a while, the pastor said, “It’s time to move on with the baptism, and just as he spoke, it began to rain.
He baptized her while big drops of rain fell and waves crashed on the docks. After it was done, he turned to us and said, “Not just one person got baptized today—all of us did.”
Rebeca and I have been friends for a long time. She is 11 years old. She has been sick for a while, but she’s a very strong person, and she makes other people optimistic just by being herself.
A few weeks ago, Rebeca decided that she wanted to be baptized. That Sunday afternoon, we all drove to Lake Michigan and stood on the docks and watched as the clouds loomed overhead. We watched as the sky got dark over the lake, the Sears Tower, and Rebeca standing there in the water. After a while, the pastor said, “It’s time to move on with the baptism, and just as he spoke, it began to rain.
He baptized her while big drops of rain fell and waves crashed on the docks. After it was done, he turned to us and said, “Not just one person got baptized today—all of us did.”
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