ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <!--Serif PagePlus 9 HTML Export--> <!--Supports HTML 4.0--> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>Outreach House Witherslack - First Fruits</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body,td,th { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size : 10px; color : #000000; } --> </style> <script language='javascript'> function goSetAboutHeight() { if (parent == window) return; else parent.setAboutIframeHeight('aboutframe'); } </script> </head> <body onload="goSetAboutHeight()" style="height:100%" bgcolor="#d1d7cd" link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080" text="#000000"> <div style="height:100%"> <table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#d1d7cd" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" cols="2" style="font-size:14pt;"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100%" colspan="2" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;"> <p style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Felix Titling; font-size: 9pt;" align="center">First Fruits& </p> <img class="fruits" title="Keith s baptism" src="fruits.jpg" width="136px" height="197px" alt="fruits.jpg" align="right" style="border-bottom: solid 2px #d1d7cd; border-left: solid 2px #d1d7cd; border-top: solid 5px #d1d7cd"> <p>Keith says:  Two years ago  God was only for people that I mocked. I suppose, like most people, I was self-involved and carried a lot of hate towards people who had hurt me and a lot of guilt for things I had done. </p> <p>By chance (?) I bumped into John at Table Tennis in our village. We slowly built a friendship and John started to ask me questions and explain the Bible to me (which at the time I thought was a book of fairy tales). The questions and stories stirred something in me. I wanted to know Jesus more. I had this burning urge to live my life the same way as Jesus. On the 1st of November 2006 I knelt at the cross in the chapel and committed my life to Jesus. I was forgiven and I forgave others. My slate was wiped clean and I could start my life again but this time with Jesus leading the way. </p> <p>Over the next 5 months I studied with John and was nurtured and loved by the team. On Easter morning 2007, at dawn, I was baptised in Windermere. It was truly beautiful visually and spiritually. </p> <p>Going to Outreach House for me is like coming home. John, Sue, Maria and Rosie are also my family who I truly love. </p> <p>Now every day is an adventure, a challenge. A child has awoken in me who wants to create, tell stories and go on adventures. I have travelled many miles but only just started my journey. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>