always nice to see Christians on deviantart. it can be kinda scary in some of the dark art sections and red light districts, but its always nice to see others here too.
i came to a private christian high school in NC after a very rough middle school years in the worst area of town. thought it would be a new start with people that i can trust a bit more. i was however not a Christian at that point. i had gotten my family going to church and drastically changed their lives and the ways they raised me (atheistic evolution and science as a foundation) but i was unwilling to give up my ways. but when you spend that much time at school in a very strong Christian environment, you begin to wonder and ask questions. i began attending at the church that my high school was created from. it was a big jump from the 300 member methodist church i was used to to the huge 8000 member baptist church. but i was well accepted. over the course of the summer after my freshman year, i began to grow closer to Christ, and near the end of the summer i gave my heart to Him during a quiet evening service that my ADD wasnt allowing me to pay attention to (oops lol always a dreamer). i began spending nearly all of my time at church. 5 days a week for school, all saturday helping friends in the media department (sound, lights, video, etc.) and sunday morning service, then lunch with friends from church, then back to church for choir at 4 and evening service at 7. my senior year of high school, our class trip was a mission trip to costa rica. during the trip, we visited a place called Arenal. its a small village at the base of the Arenal Volcano. just outside of town is La Fortuna river with its beautiful 70+ foot high waterfall. my youth pastor happened to be one of the chaperones on the trip and i asked him to baptize me when we visited the waterfall. so the day came and he baptized me in the water just below the falls (random fact, the water is naturally 98% more pure than bottled water here in america)