It was in the month of august 25th at about 3:30 pm as I stood in front of a circle of people which I didn’t quite know yet personally. We all stood in front of Santa Monica’s Beach. The sun was shining, the wind blowing and waves were calmed.
I don’t know what the people around me were thinking of or if they noticed that the beach water’s as I did. What I did noticed as I looked around was seeing their faces filled with smiles and wonder. I just couldn’t help it but I was nervous and yet excited at the same time.
Filled with emotions but with a certainty that I had made the most important decision of my entire life. I was about to make an echo in my eternity. Which I didn’t quite understand the repercussion of it quite yet.
All I knew was that I had made the decision to follow in the footsteps of the son of God himself,Jesus and I was making him the Lord of my entire life. Surrounded by people I did not yet know except for the 4 of which I had had the priveledge to study God’s word.
After waiting for a few other witness to arrive and moments away to the most important questions I had ever been asked. I eagerly waited for the questions but also heard encouraging words of people of how they had seen my heart and life change through out my studies of God’s Word.
As Emeric, Gus, Alfredo and Adolfo which were there and stood near me. I was asked by one of them that took the lead, ” Do you Luis believe that Jesus is the son of God came to this earth, live in the flesh and spirit, planted his ministry, died on the cross and was raised to life on the 3rd day “, ” Yes I do” I replied….” What is your good confession? “, “Jesus is Lord”, I replied.
With your good confession I may now baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,all your sins will be forgiven and will be added into the Kingdom of God.
After making my good confession I was then baptized totally submerged in the waters of Santa Monica Beach brought back into a new life with all my sins totally forgiven. I had made an Echo in my eternity and this is how my real life began in 1996 of August 25 at my age of 23. I had made an Echo into my Eternity.
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