Bringing One’s Sweetheart to Christ, by David McKinney

Rivaldo Café’s daughter, Rebeca, meets with us at the Luna church of Christ. When she started dating Wesley, she brought him to church. He is a physical therapist, but felt the need for spiritual therapy, demonstrating the desire for Christ in his life.

The same week I invited Wesley to study the Bible, Café was visiting from Cajazeiras. He had already decided he wanted to be baptized, and Cafe baptized his future son-in-law for the remission of his sins.

I knew very little about the guy, but I knew I needed to connect with him. Samuel McKinney and I started giving him Spiritual Milk lessons to ground him in his new life with Christ. The first Bible study was spent mostly listening to him and letting him tell his story.

One side note: Wesley is a big fellow, and we were a little worried Café might not get him out of the water. Somehow he did.

I ask that you pray for God to help Wesley build relationships with other Christians and that he can find weekly time in his busy, busy schedule to let us care for his newborn faith.

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