Baptisms- in the Lopez Family!!

Our baptisms this month at Calvary were especially sweet: including our 9-year-old nephew, Asael, and our brother-in-law, Edgar (Paco’s sister’s husband).  We continue to see the Lord fulfill his promises to bring our whole family to salvation in Him (“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” Acts 16:31).

I remember praying for Edgar’s salvation a few years ago, when he was an unbeliever dating Paco’s sister, Estela.  During their first years of marriage, he was not interested in the Gospel. However, a few months ago, when Estela realized she needed communion with the church,

Edgar finally agreed to join her, reluctantly. Then, as we prayed for him, and Estela read the Bible with him daily, and he listened the messages on Sunday, and talked with Paco, he was transformed. He admitted that he needed Jesus Christ. 

His big step of faith was sharing his decision with his family- parents, grandparents, siblings.  They exploded in anger at the news! They called him

a traitor to the family.  Even though their reaction caused him tears, still he was firm in his decision to follow Christ.  (Wow- is that a true test of faith or what?!)

His son, Asael, excitedly asked to be baptized alongside his father.  Asael had been praying for his father’s salvation, along with his mother, for a long time.  I know Asael’s faith was strengthened not only witnessing the

Lord’s answer to his prayer but also his father’s decisiveness to follow Christ against the will of his family. 

Paco had tears in his eyes as he brought Edgar out of the water- such a sweet gift to our family to have more confessing their faith in Jesus. 

 Some of our Lopez Family! (Paco with his father, brother, 2 sisters and family)