John 1:10-13 reads: He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. I remember the day I was baptized by Pastor Lance Rauhoff in my parents pool like it was yesterday. We had family and friends including my YoungLife leader David Thames. The temperature of the pool was cold but the fellowship of the special moment outweighed the fact the pool was cold. The minute I was officially baptized was special as I got to begin a relationship with God. I got to begin allowing God to guide my life- a life of trials and celebrations. A life of growing closer to God through all times. Once I got baptized, I started going ...