Heidi enjoyed going to the sweet Anabaptist meetings all
that long fall and into the winter. Eventually she was less fearful as she
crept off late in the evenings, but she was always cautious. Heidi felt she
knew so little about the Lord’s way, but what she did know, especially the
wonderful Bible stories, she would share with her two children. It wasn’t long before she was willing to
take the courageous step of being baptized. The minister solemnly reminded her
of the risks of having a second baptism.
“I was
too young to understand what I was getting in to, as an infant,” she responded
quietly. “Now I have had my sins forgiven and am washed by the blood of the Lamb and I want to follow Jesus’ teaching come what may.”
“Even though
it may mean persecution and perhaps death,” someone asked? It was no idle
question, and every solemn listener knew it.
