A very special baptism...

One of the things that continually amazes me is that fact that God allows Elevation to be on the front row of life transformation. Let me tell you about one such story. Right now you are not familiar with the names of Michelle and Bailey French, but they're an incredible story.

Michelle is a single mother of a 13 year old daughter Bailey. Bailey begged her mom to come to church...pretty cool story....but it gets better. Michelle has a terminal illness. She was in a coma recently and was actually given last rights by the priest...she was supposed to die. It was a miracle, but she improved and came out of the hospital.

Sometime later is when Brittany came to Elevation and gave her life to Christ. It radically changed her world and she had a new passion. She was gripped with the fear of "what if", what if my mom dies before she gives her life to Christ. So Baily begged her mom to come to church with her and on Easter Sunday, Michelle came to Elevation where she gave her life to Christ.

Fast forward a few weeks and now a dying mothers wish is to be baptized with her daughter, it's what she wants to experience with her daughter more than anything else. The disease that Michelle suffers from is one that causes all her bones to fuse together; it's a slow painful process. The bigger problem is caused by the medications she takes to treat the symptoms, it wipes her immune system. She went into a coma because of an opportunistic disease that ravaged her body due to the suppressed immune system.

So this past Sunday we had the privilege of baptizing Michelle and Baily. We gathered around 100 of our volunteers to celebrate what God has done in their lives. I love what we get to do...