For a pastor’s kid, being dedicated can be a little tricky. Typically pastors prefer not to dedicate their own children so it requires finding someone else to come and do it. Being a U.P. pastor’s kid makes being dedicated extra tricky. The closest pastor around is hours away and it’s difficult to ask them to come on a Sabbath when they already have 3 churches in their district.
Now, who would want to travel to the Great White North to dedicate a winter baby?? Ty was really pushing his luck. So, you can imagine our gratefulness and relief that today, on Titus’s 15 month birthday, he was finally dedicated to the Lord at our church. And of all people, we were blessed to have his African grandfather perform the dedication. He has now dedicated our 2 Kwames – Imanuel and Titus. Grandpa Pipim braved the cold, which is completely contrary to his genetic tendency, and spent the Sabbath with us. We were all thrilled and blessed by his presence and by the message he shared with us.
The Lord spoke to me today saying,
Take this child away, nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages. Exodus 2:9
I accepted the responsibility and the honor in prayer.
Last picture with Grandpa Pipim before he had to take off.
We hope to see you again soon.
Congrats, Ty!! 🙂
Excellent! I miss you guys… I’m glad Dr P made it. Congrats, again…
What a blessing it was to have your boys dedicated. I assume you are Seventh Day Adventists? I am a new one, coming to the faith only 5 months ago, but I love the church and its teachings! Is this Dr Pipim you mentioned, the same Dr Samuel Pipim whose seminars I have been blessed to hear on Audioverse? If it is the same, I am so fortunate to hear his sermons, every time they give me great motivation and inspiration, what an excellent speaker he is!!Again, congrats to Titus and Imanel’s dedications, the two newest UP dedications 🙂 God bless the Ramos family.In Christ,Mike Fitzpatrick
@fitzp1 – Yes, it is Dr. Samuel Koranteng-Pipim! He is been our spiritual mentor for over 10 years and we are very close with him. An incredible man and so humble! We were so thankful he was willing to come all the way up here for the dedication.