 My name is Mary Lou Martinez and I'm from the Tri-Cities. My first time coming to Hungry Generations was around the time of the Valentine's Day banquet and I originally just wanted to go to the Valentine's banquet but Vicki and Katrina were insisting on me going to the Wednesday service before that Saturday to what they said was meet new friends and kind of just like get to know everyone so I was like okay I'll go and when I went it was just completely different to what completely different to what I was used to I went to a really uptight Christian church and it was just completely different to what I was used to seeing and everyone was just really happy and the service that they had talked about that day was falling without a parachute and I felt like that was like a calling from God or just it was I felt like Vlad was speaking right directly to me pretty much what I got out of it was that this was like this wasn't an accident it was something that needed to happen for me to fully like be happy before coming to church I had a lot of anger in me I have always had this problem with trusting people and just thinking things a certain way and about myself about others just not really like happy within myself and constantly like getting depressed and having any disorders and I came back from college in December because I just couldn't take it anymore I was just it was the hardest time that I ever had of being on my own a bunch it was just a mess but now that I've rededicated my life to Christ things have been so much better I'm back in I'm back in college right now today I want to get baptized because it's a symbol of my commitment to Christ once again and this time it's gonna be different because I know exactly what it is I'm getting myself into and I know I'm not gonna flake out middle of when I go through a hard time I'm not just gonna flake out and turn to myself and just keep everything to myself like I used to I'm gonna turn to God and I'm gonna put my trust in him so Mary Lou do you believe in Jesus Christ is God's Son and your personal Lord and Savior yes and do you promise to follow him with good and clear conscience for the rest of your life yes based on your faith your confession and your commitment will baptize you in the name of the Father the Son and Holy Spirit