John VaDelinde

One evening around the beginning of January Andrew and I went to Common Grounds.  It was a low-key night with not many people there.  We were actually there to get a drink and not stay long.  As we were conversing we met John VanDelinde.  John is from the Rochester Institute of Technology doing an internship at Lexmark in mechanical engineering.  It was truly a divine appointment because I'm from around the Rochester area, and Andrew is a mechanical engineer who did his internship at Lexmark.  We exchanged numbers and invited him to our launch service January 18th.  John came and we were excited to see someone we invited actually show up.  Even though John was only going to do his internship for a few more months he quickly jumped into discipleship and fellowship at Embrace.  I saw a dramatic growth in John in his short time in Lexington. A few weeks ago, John stood up before Embrace and shared his testimony.  By the end of his time with us we didn't want to see him leave and he even wanted to stay!  On his last Sunday we prayed for John as a congregation and commissioned him as a missionary back to his school.  John will be returning to Lexington for his second internship at Lexmark toward the end of May.  We are truly thankful for his life and the time we shared with him.