When they were grown up and got different jobs, they still were friends. They got together at least once a week just to talk and be together.
The only difference now is that they talked about grown-up things like who was ruling the country and who they would like to rule the country.
"Everyone is talking about John the Baptizer," said Philip one day. "He says we're getting a new king, a good king sent from God."
"But how can we know for sure God sent him?" Andrew asked.
"Because God described him in the Bible a long time ago," Philip replied.
So they looked and looked through the Bible trying to find out how to recognize the king that God would send to them.
When they found their answers, they decided to go hear John the Baptizer for themselves. Since there were no radios, TVs, telephones or computers then, people had to go to where the person was they wanted to hear.
"He's not here in this city," said Philip. "Maybe he'll be in the next one."
So they traveled and traveled and searched and searched for John the Baptizer.
Many days later far away at the other end of their country, Andrew and Philip found John the Baptizer. He was telling everyone to repent ~ to be sorry for doing wrong.
Andrew and Philip knew they were sorry for everything they ever did wrong, so they asked John to baptize them too, which he did.
Later they talked to John in private. He explained the new king would not rule on earth. He would rule in people's hearts ~ the part of our mind that is kind and gets along.
"Could we stay and help you, John?" Andrew asked.
"We would help with the crowd. We just want to learn more about the new king of our hearts," Philip added.
Then one day the new king came for a visit. He was Jesus. Andrew and Philip were surprised because you usually can't see God. But for awhile God let his son come to earth so we could see him.
They wanted to follow Jesus and help him. They helped mostly by bringing others to hear Jesus speak. You can be Jesus' helper too, by asking your friends if they would like to hear about Jesus.