John the Baptist

Meet my friend John. He is from my church and he sits behind me on the pew and sings next to me in the choir. In this picture he is preparing a booth our church sponsored at the 20th annual Honey Festival in Minco.


One word to describe John would be "EAGER." He is eager to help. He was at the booth early when the guys set up and wass at the booth late when it was time to take down. He is available, teachable and faithful.

He helped to prepare about 800 sticks with leather straps and beads. The beads were for telling the gospel. Now, John has a hard time telling the story but he is telling the story everytime it is told because he is essential to the process. He is eager to help.

John prays for his church and in particular for me. I have asked him to do that and he does. Everything he does he does it will all his might and soul. He puts his heart into everything. His prayers will sustain me, his energy will inspire me and his enthusiasm will make me tired. Did I say enthusiasm. Did you know the word itself has a lot of God in it? Yes the root of the word is "theos" the name for God.

Now if I were to pick a person to be the Baptist or Christian of the year it might just be John. You know my friend John the Baptist. Better known as John Shafer. Keep it up John.