Jonathan Cronin documents his baby's church dedication and his Redeem ministry giving $5,000 in Christmas gifts to 15 women and 41 children connected to a local strip club. The nonprofit, founded in 2016, has been working with these women for two to three years. The video includes family moments, church services, and personal stories about addiction and redemption.
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Kai Everest Cronin
41 children
2016
Hey, everyone, it's Jonathan and Jess. It is 6:30 in the morning and on a Sunday morning and we have a really big day ahead. Okay, two big things. One, we're dedicating baby Kai to Jesus today at church. We're going to the early service to do that. And then. And then right after that, what are we doing?
We are going to speak at one of our good friends church and we are going to be a part of passing out lots of gifts and even just amazing gifts for the moms from the strip club that we've been going to for probably like two to three years and we are going to just bless them. All the women that we've been ministering to there have a total together 41 children. So we know that they're there because they're trying to provide for their family. So we wanted to bless them this year and, and just, yeah. See what God does. So it's going to be a powerful service.
Really big on our hearts right now. First is dedicating baby Kai and then we're going over to the service to speak. And so it's going to be a packed morning so we wanted to bring you guys along the ride. All right, guys, we're going to get ready, we're going to make breakfast and then we're going to wake baby Kai up.
Here we go.
Sa. All right, we are about to go load up in the car and get baby Kai on the way to church for our first stop. I'm so excited. You know, I felt like the Lord dropped in my spirit just this morning in prayer. He said he reminded me of when John in Elizabeth's womb came over to visit Mary with Jesus in her womb in the Bible and it says that John inside of the womb leaped when he saw or whenever he got near Jesus, he leaped in Elizabeth's wound. And I just felt the Lord say, man, even an unborn baby can experience the presence of God. And you know, that'll preach on so many levels, talking about abortion and what not. But also, you know, I just feel like a lot of people would say, well, Kai, in such a young age, you know, of course it's great to go dedicate him to the Lord. But what it, you know, in the end, a child isn't very aware of things or can't mature spiritually. But I want you to understand, I believe that scripture, the Lord popped in my heart. Your baby, no matter how old, even an unborn baby can experience the power and presence of God. So I'm so excited because, yeah, this is a dedication of me and Jess saying we're going to serve the Lord. We're going to give up our lives for the sake of God, having his way in baby Kai's life, but it's also prophesying and having this little boy enter into the presence. Yeah, there it is. There it is. You excited, baby? Oh. You got anything to say? Go ahead. I'll let you talk. Okay. Yeah, that was good. He's a man of few words. Love you guys. I'm excited. Here we go. All right, we just pulled up. We just pulled up, and here's Grandma. We're about to go in. Here's Angel Temple. Super excited. We're gonna have a blast. It's a little bit raining, and the lens looks wet. Here we go.
Kai Everest Cronin. Oh, my goodness. You're a big boy. There's gonna come a time that Kai is gonna grow up and come to know who Jesus is, and he's going to grow to love him and live to serve him. He's going to make that decision today. What we're doing is dedicating him back to the Lord because you've been given a great gift. And so today what you're doing is you're dedicating yourself to raise him in such a way that he will come to know Jesus at an early age. And as a father, you're dedicating yourself to love him as a dad and show him the future things that dads show their sons. And Jessica's a mother. You're dedicating yourself today to raise little Kai in a love and a grace and to teach him about a motherly love. And, Lord, right now, we just thank you. We praise you, we give you glory, we give you honor. And we thank you for little Ty Everest Crone. We thank you for the gift that he is. We thank you, Lord, for the joy he has brought Jonathan and Jess. Lord, we're just praying over Kai that all the plans that you have for him, Lord, every plan you have prepared, Lord, before he was ever born, will come to pass in Jesus name. And everybody said amen. Amen, and amen. Give the Lord praise. This morning we. We have a gift for you for Kai, so please receive that. And guys know that we're praying for you. I think Jonathan, Jonathan, and Jessica are headed off to preach the Christmas gospel this morning. So we pray God's blessing as you guys go. Thank you for letting us be a part of your special day.
We just dedicated Kai and it was so powerful.
How was it, buddy? Did you have fun with you? Yep. He went to E.
All right, guys, we just left. So powerful. So now we are on the way to Courts of Praise Worship center, and we are about to share with them. Some of you may know, some of you may not know, but Redeem is an organization that Jonathan started back in 2016, and we've both been working in since then, and it's part of Take the City. And so the mission of Redeem is to reach women that are in the sex industry with the love of Jesus and just build relationships with them, help them get into programs if that's what they need, and just disciple them into their destiny. So we've seen some crazy stuff, crazy miracles over these past four years. About 15 of the ladies from this local club are going to be at the service this morning, and we've sponsored them and their children. There's 41 children all together that were sponsored, which is absolutely remarkable. And then we're also sponsoring or giving Christmas gifts to these kids. So it's going to be phenomenal.
All right, we're here at Courts of Praise. There it is. We're about to go inside. There's baby Kai. You ready, baby? You ready, baby? We're about to go and speak and share the gospel. We're just gonna go let the church know what God is doing through Redeem, and we're actually going to share our testimonies. A lot of, you know, I was a drug addict, and Jesus radically shifted my life. And so Jessica's gonna share her bout with PTSD and just overcoming sexual trauma and stuff like that. So come on, guys. About to go in. All right, here are the toys. I got all these toys over here. Sheila. Hey. Good to see you. Awesome. Look at all those toys.
So awesome.
Wow. They're all over the place. But in 2010, about this time, I had just got locked up in Moscow County Jail. I had three warrants out. I had been on the run for a while. I was high on methamphetamines and all kinds of dope. And around this time, inside the Moscow County Jail, I got into more trouble, and I went into lockdown inside of.
Muskogee county throughout my life as a child, I went through just molestations and different things that really, really impacted me as a kid. Yet I was growing up in the church. I just had no idea how to talk about what was happening to me. And so as time went on, things just kept happening over and over again. I go to public high school, and I ended up getting raped at 16, and thus just pushing me into a lot of mental health issues like anxiety and depression and things like that. And I ended up getting just running to drugs. I felt like I was just too dirty. I felt worthless. I felt like I had just screwed my whole life up, and I was believing all these lies. And by the grace of God, there's been an absolute miracle in my life.
All right, we just left the Courts of Praise church. Maybe Kai just took a little nap and got our friend Asia in the back.
Yes.
So excited. There were so many people touched, and it was just powerful. So I hope you guys enjoyed this video. If you did, don't forget to like and subscribe to the channel. All right, guys. Bye. Bye. Sam.
