Baptized together in a horse trough: Hadassah's story

Every so often a student tells a story that stays with you. Hadassah's has stayed with us for years, and she tells it better than we ever could, so this one is all hers.

“I started going to The Vine when I was in ninth grade. It didn't take long before coming here started to feel like a second family. The fun and loving community has always been very welcoming, and it didn't take me very long to start making friends. After about a year I decided that I would like to be baptized here. My brother and I got baptized together on the same day, in a horse trough. That was a very cool experience, and one I am forever grateful for. Now that I am a freshman in college I still come back every once in a while to stop in and spend some time with the incredible family that I have here. The Vine will forever hold a special place in my heart, and I will always be grateful for the part The Vine played in shaping me into the person who I am today. The Vine is a beautiful ministry.”

Stories like Hadassah's are why The Vine exists: to give every student a safe, fun place to belong, where faith can grow and no one walks through the door alone. A horse trough, a rec room, a dinner table, it doesn't matter where the moment happens. What matters is that it does.

If this story moved you, there are more like it waiting on the Changed Lives page, written by the students and families who know The Vine best.

And because everything at The Vine is completely free for students, every one of these stories is carried by people who give. If The Vine has meant something to you or someone you love, consider giving so the next student gets to make a memory just like this one.