Michigan

Dolly (Leigh) Dimond was raised in the Metropolitan Seventh-day Adventist Church in Plymouth, Michigan. Dolly and Bob Dimond were united in marriage, but they were not united in their faith. Dolly prayed earnestly that Bob would some day join her in membership in the Adventist church.

After the birth of her second son, Dolly needed help with their two boys at church each Sabbath and Bob agreed to attend to lend assistance. On those Sabbaths, Bob listened, intently, to the sermons preached by Robert Stewart, Metropolitan Church pastor, and felt the Holy Spirit tugging on his heart.

When the Hope for Our Day evangelistic series began, Bob attended and answered a call to learn more about the Bible and its truths. He began to study with the pastor. Dolly wanted to be a part of those studies as well, so Sandi Stewart, the pastor's wife and a Bible worker at the Metropolitan Church, joined the studies. The Stewarts met with Bob and Dolly weekly for about six months and immensely enjoyed watching them grow more in love with each other and with their Savior, Jesus. When the studies concluded, Bob expressed his desire to be baptized. Dolly also felt the tugging of the Holy Spirit and requested re-baptism.

Another huge answer to prayer for Dolly and her mother, Marguerite Richardson, was the fact that her father, Don Richardson, also asked to be baptized at the Blue Water Seventh-day Adventist Church in Port Huron, Michigan. Don was baptized two weeks prior to Dolly's re-baptism and Bob's baptism.

Needless to say, Dolly’s face beamed with delight while she stood in the baptismal waters on May 21, 2005, with her husband, Bob. They now look forward to raising their sons together in a home united in Christ.

Joy Hyde, Metropolitan Church communication secretary and church clerk