Yes, our
church held baptisms in December; and yes, the water was very (very!)
cold.
After
finishing our new believers’ discipleship study in November, a few of the
believers were anxious to obey
the Lord’s command to baptized and publically
proclaim their new life in Him. We
thought, “Why wait any longer? We won’t
let a little cold weather stand in the way of obedience to the Lord!”
The church
rented a small
public pool for our Sunday morning gathering. The group was
especially joyful- out in the sunshine and together celebrating our brothers in
Christ. We enjoyed poolside worship
songs, Paco shared a biblical message about baptism, and 6 brothers were
baptized (4 adults, 2 youth).
We were
especially joyful that Daniel, age 15, was baptized. His father, Osbaldo, one of our church leaders,
remains unjustly imprisoned. Though Dani wished his father could have been
present at his baptism, it was his father’s faithfulness to the Lord in his
trial and imprisonment that encouraged him to commit his own life to the Lord
publically.
Afterwards
(as Paco and the other wet brothers dried in the sun J) the church shared a picnic and
play time in the connecting park. The
whole
event was a beautiful testimony of God’s love and goodness.
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