{"id":1884,"date":"2016-10-25T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2016-10-25T12:20:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T17:20:39","slug":"feliz-cumpleanos-and-welcome-to-the-family-maya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2016\/10\/25\/feliz-cumpleanos-and-welcome-to-the-family-maya\/","title":{"rendered":"Feliz Cumplea\u00f1os and Welcome to the Family, Maya Analina!"},"content":{"rendered":"
On October 16, 2016, one day after her first birthday, we dedicated Maya to the Lord and welcomed her to the larger\u00a0church family at our home church Amparo y Fortaleza. \u00a0It was a beautiful day of celebration. \u00a0Pastor Julio preached on Matthew 18:1-5 where Jesus says,\u00a0\u201cTruly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.<\/span><\/span> Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.<\/span><\/span> And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Maya’s dedication was after the sermon, and it was beautiful to see the church welcome her to the family. \u00a0I explained why we chose Maya Analina’s name<\/a>\u00a0and then sang Children of the Heavenly Father in English and projected the translation in Spanish so everyone would understand the words.<\/p>\n Pastor Julio then invited our family forward to lead the dedication of Maya’s life to the Lord and pray a blessing over her and our family.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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