Baptism 05-14-2023
Megan Anthony
My name is Megan Anthony, and I am married to my husband, Shawn. We have three beautiful children together and I am also fortunate to be a bonus mom to his three older children that he had from a previous marriage. I was raised in a Catholic family, my mom, dad and my two brothers, we went to church every Sunday. I went to Catholic School all of my life through high school. I always believed in God because that was just what I knew. I am grateful for my upbringing because it did give me an understanding of God. But these last two years coming to LEFC, especially this last year, believing in God became more than that. I didn’t just know God or understand the story, for the first time in my life, I started to believe in His story. My whole outlook on life, my children, my husband, my future has changed drastically. I never knew what it truly meant to believe in God, to believe that Jesus died for us, and he died for us so we could be saved. And even as sinners, if we believe, if we truly believe, we will be blessed forever.
Hearing many testimonies since starting at LEFC, I thought to myself will I have this big
aha moment? And I wanted that big aha moment, but everyone is different when they come to know Jesus and accept him truly and completely. I didn’t have one big aha moment, I have had many small aha moments where things just made sense. And my heart felt different and at peace. One significant moment I had, probably one that really sticks out to me is one day, my three girls were all singing one of the worship songs they were learning for the kids worship service and they were just singing their hearts out and, in that moment, I felt so at peace and just filled with genuine happiness and the words they were saying “Jesus is coming back, Jesus is coming back” just made sense to me and I knew in that moment, my children were on the right path and I was on the right path. I am forever grateful for what Jesus has done for me and my family. Making connections and making friends within the church and some being the families of my children's friends, just adds to that sense of peace that I am right where I am supposed to be. As a mother, a wife, a friend, and most importantly, a believer.