Indiana

Just prior to his baptism, Joshua Fruth shared the following thoughts about his journey with Jesus.

"Well, it all started in the spring of '06. I had gotten back from college and was looking for something. It seemed that I was missing an important piece in my life, but I had no idea what that piece was.

"So my mom (Denise Fruth), being a good mom, strongly encouraged me to take baptismal studies, and I finally caved in! I didn't think it would hurt any, and I had grown up in the [Adventist] church. I went and talked to Larry McConnell (Cicero Church Bible instructor) about the whole idea.

"We started having studies, and I still wasn't completely sold. But as I talked to Larry, read my Bible, and prayed more and more, I found that God had been there the entire time.

"God had never given up on me. He gave my life purpose and made me His 'No. 1,' so I decided that the only thing to do, the only thing I wanted to do, was to make Him my 'No. 1.'"

Joshua Fruth, member, Cicero Church. Originally published in the Cicero Church Family Ties newsletter, January 2008. Used with permission.