 I'm Brian Astley. I'm 25 years old. I'm from Pasco, Washington, and I was invited to hunger generation by Solomita. When I came to church it was, I was uncomfortable. It was overwhelming. But the more I came, I felt more, I was more comfortable being here and it's, everybody here is welcoming. My life before I came to church was, I started using drugs and alcohol when I was 14 years old and until, and used until I was 20, 25 years old. When I started using drugs at a young age, I went through life. Everything I did was about getting high or drinking. Things would go good and then they would take, and then they would take a step. I would take steps backwards. I graduated, I still graduated high school on time. I went to college right after, or two years after I got out of high school. I had a full-time job while using drugs the whole time and it just got to the point where it was overwhelming. Trying to manage my life while using drugs and do all that so I quit going to school and quit working. And that's when I got into meth and heroin. My life got way worse from there. Growing up I never had any, I had a father that lived here in town. He was never in my life. He wasn't there to guide me through life when I needed him the most and so my drug use got worse. It was the way I coped with everything. It was the only thing I knew. It was the only thing I knew to do. I was unhappy. I always had a feeling inside of me that I knew I was doing the wrong thing. But I continued to do those wrong things because that's the only thing I knew. And then in 2014 I went to treatment two times in a year. The first time I got out I got out and I continued to use. And then I ended up going back eight months or so later and that's when my life started to turn around. And I had friends that went to church had religious backgrounds but I never really knew anything about it. The second time I went to treatment was when I realized it. And I actually accepted the fact that I needed something, I needed a higher power. I needed something greater than myself that would help me go through life more at ease. Before I went to treatment the second time I knew that I needed some type of help because I was an unhappy person and the drugs were taking over my life. And I had, within a month and a half span, I had OD'd on heroin four times. One of the times I OD'd luckily there were people around me that were able to bring me back to get me breathing again. And then I got a DUI and I got a DUI because I overdosed on heroin while I was driving. When the cops showed up they didn't think they were going to have to book me into jail because when they showed up I was pronounced dead. And the next thing I knew was I was waking up and getting put into an ambulance. Ambulance and I went to the, they took me to the hospital. It was a few weeks later that I ended up going back to jail and I was talking to the officer that took me in and I was talking to him and telling him how I just got. I was just in there a couple weeks ago for a DUI because I overdosed on heroin. And he was shocked because he remembered that and he asked me if that was you. He said that Benton County didn't even think that they were going to have to book me into jail because when they arrived I was pronounced dead. It was from all that stuff that, I had some type of, you know, the spiritual side came out. And the spiritual side came out of me just knowing that, you know, I overdosed four times and obviously it wasn't my time to go when two of the times I had to get brought back. From then on I kind of decided to take a step forward and accept Jesus into my life and just see what it was all about because I had no idea. Since I've been coming to church and getting more involved with reading the Bible and just coming to church, my life has been a lot better. I went from not being able to get a job just months ago seeing, you know, I saw hope but I knew it was going to take, I thought it was going to take a long time. Just recently I got my full-time job back. It's working for a family, my family's company and that was, to me that was, you know, that was a big step just because my, it's working for my dad and he basically gave up on me because all of my past experiences he, you know, there was nothing was ever changing. It was always going back to the same thing. I was trying to get clean and then I would go right back. And so to me, you know, it's, it feels good to know that, you know, the most important people in my life, my family, see a difference in me and especially my dad because he wasn't a big part of my life and it was, there were times where we didn't speak for six months. There was a time where it was close to a year that we never spoke and so it feels good to have that back in my life. And I feel like a lot of it is due to me accepting Jesus into my life and being a lot more at ease and okay with things, with everything that goes on in my life. Everything that I had done before, up to now, it doesn't really, it doesn't make a big difference. I feel a lot more at ease now that I've been coming to church and accepting Jesus in my life because I know that my past is over with and I'm able to move forward in it. I just, I have been able to accept the fact that that's not who I really was. Today I'm getting baptized to show people and the public that I made a decision to accept Jesus in my life and as a follower of Christ, my goals are to walk with the Holy Spirit. I'd like to help people that don't think it's possible for them to have a better life, that it is possible because of my past and just to be an example that no matter what you do, God forgives you for everything that you've ever done. We are excited to see people's lives being changed for Jesus Christ, amen? And this is what church is all about. Seeing people like Brian gives their life to Jesus Christ and today publicly stand before the whole world to declare that I want to serve Jesus Christ with all my life, amen? Are you excited church? Put your hands together for Jesus Christ. Now Brian, do you believe in Jesus Christ as God's Son and your personal Lord and Savior? Yes, I do. Do you promise to follow Him with good and clear conscience for the rest of your life? Yes. Now based on your faith, confession and your commitment, we'll baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.