The Day and the Life of Reid and Meg: Ordination

This weekend was very special for our family. Justin was being ordained as a deacon here at First Baptist Church Pascagoula. With this honor came a lot of nerves, humility, honor, and happiness. Those of you that know Justin, know how shy he is and if someone ever told him he had to speak and tell his testimony in front of the congregation at church; knows that Justin would say nope not me. I am not doing that. Well I am proud to say that when Justin found out that being a deacon not only meant being there spiritually for our church, being a leader, but also speaking in front of the church. And I am proud to say that HE DID IT!!!!! Justin gave his testimony in front of the deacon counsel Sunday afternoon and then came and gave it to the church congregation Sunday night.

Everyone that was there was so nervous for Justin. We all really weren't sure he would be able to do it and if he did get the nerve up to do it; we all thought he might faint while he was speaking. My arm pits were sweating so bad and I could feel the heat coming off my chest and neck because you would have thought I was the one giving the testimony. He had to take several deep breaths and his voice was cracking but he managed to get through it. Not only did he get through it, but he made his family, friends and congregation so proud. He thanked his mother and daddy for a great Christian home he was brought up in, he thanked the church (this is his home church he grew up in) he thanked his friend Daniel for witnessing to him as a young boy, he brought up his friend Pope (that is where we met at Pope's house), he thanked me for supporting him and loving him and he thanked the Lord for Reid. Everyone was crying we were so proud. Have I said yet how proud we are!!!!! ha

One of the nice things for Justin was that he was being honored along side one of his best friends Lance Waltman. Justin said in his testimony how special it was that he was being honored with his friend Lance. Then Lance gave his testimony and thanked his parents, sister and brother in law and his wife and that is when the water works began. I was so shocked that Lance cried, but truly it was such an emotional night and we were so proud of these two.

After the testimonies the other ordained deacons came and laid hands on each of the men and prayed with them and with us.

Justin was very glad that his friend Daniel and Pope were there for this special night. Here are a few pictures from the night. (sorry Lance if you are reading this that I had to post the ugly cry you had) We told Justin that we couldn't believe he didn't cry and typical Justin made us all laugh when he said "I was to nervous to cry".

My sweet family before church