Last weekend was a great weekend for Canvas, for us, and for Ash. Many moons ago Ash was reached out to by the Canvas staff. He was one of the first students to regularly come to Canvas events. Ash has graduated now, but continues to be involved with Canvas as much as possible. Despite living and working a couple of hours away, Ash comes by Canvas on most weekends and even makes it to an occasional event during the week.
When Ash came to Canvas (although at the start it was more about Canvas going to Ash) he did not believe in God. Ash thought those who believed in God did so because they needed that to make themselves feel better. Ash believed that he was stronger than that and did not need to believe in a god to make himself feel encouraged.
Ash has been pouring over scripture and reading books about God with people from Canvas for years now. A while back Ash began to accept that he now believed in God, and this past Saturday Ash gave his confession of faith and was baptized.
We made a day of it as we went to Wales where it all went down. So Saturday morning we piled into tiny little European automobiles and headed off to Wales. The trip out and back was beautiful as we looked out across the English countryside. We stopped for lunch in a little town called Hay-on-Wye famous for their many bookshops. Afterwards we headed out to The River Wye (yes it was very cold!) for Ash's baptism. Following the baptism we went back to Hay-on-Wye for some celebratory sheep's milk ice cream. It was quite a day, a beautiful day, and a day to be remembered.
The crowd gathered
The scene
Pete, Ash, and Rachel
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