{"id":4012,"date":"2014-06-05T03:36:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T00:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2014-06-05T03:36:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T00:36:21","slug":"and-now-for-some-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/and-now-for-some-good-news\/","title":{"rendered":"And Now for Some Good News!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m taking a short break from the news on Ukraine to share with you some really good news today!<\/p>\n<p>This past Sunday 8 people publicly confessed their faith in Jesus and were baptized in our home church, Discovery Baptist!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4013\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/and-now-for-some-good-news\/naomi-and-mish\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/naomi-and-mish.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1401925191&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"naomi and mish\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/naomi-and-mish.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4013 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/naomi-and-mish.jpg\" alt=\"naomi and mish\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/naomi-and-mish.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/naomi-and-mish-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/naomi-and-mish-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/naomi-and-mish-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nAmong those baptized were our two oldest children, Naomi and Mishael. I had the privilege of personally baptizing both of them.<\/p>\n<p>As a parent there are many things I&#8217;d like to see happen in my children&#8217;s life. I&#8217;d like to see them do well in school, get a good job, find a great spouse and produce a few grandchildren, but a strong faith in Jesus is by far the greatest desire that Both Christina and I have for our children.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gQ_gZ5Or5U0?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out Mishael&#8217;s testimony above! I&#8217;m so thankful that he had such a strong desire to be baptized. I even tried to discourage him a little but he was determined that this was the right thing to do! Mishael is also a great evangelists. In Ukraine he often tells his friends about Jesus and brings them along with him to church and Sunday School.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/35YMwhntRPI?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Naomi is growing up quickly! She is already thinking about college and possibly missions. We appreciate her kind heart and helpfulness around the home. She has also taken an active part in youth group in Ukraine and has helped conduct English club outreach at our church.<\/p>\n<p>Naomi also writes a blog called <a href=\"http:\/\/lovelylavenderpatch.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lovely Lavender Patch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Coming up<\/h4>\n<p>This Sunday we will be doing a special presentation about Ukraine at <a href=\"http:\/\/1stbaptistchurch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">First Baptist Church in Kirkland<\/a>, Washington. If you&#8217;re near please come and join us.<\/p>\n<h4>Leave me a message<\/h4>\n<p>Do you have a question for me or for Christina? Whether you have a question about Ukraine or a question about missions or maybe it&#8217;s a Bible question I want to hear it.<\/p>\n<p>Call me @\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #666666;\">(747) 221-6478<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leave a voice mail and I&#8217;ll answer your question on the next episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/category\/podcast\/\">Now is the Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Response: If you&#8217;d like to write a word of congratulation for Naomi and Mishael on their baptism please leave it in the comments, I know they will appreciate it!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m taking a short break from the news on Ukraine to share with you some really good news today!<\/p>\n<p>This past Sunday 8 people publicly confessed their faith in Jesus and were baptized in our home church,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36,8],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-4012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-ministry","tag-baptism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/naomi-and-mish.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-12I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2894,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/what-would-you-tell-someone-who-just-got-baptized\/","url_meta":{"origin":4012,"position":0},"title":"What Would You Tell Someone Who Just Got Baptized?","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"August 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"On August 18th our church is planning to baptize about 12 people. \u00a0We will gather on the shore of the Black Sea at 8:30 am where we will hold a short service and do the baptism. 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