Yesterday was baptism Sunday. We had a good attendance in spite of the fact that we had to lay planks of wood across the stream to be able to get to the baptism spot. Thankfully everyone was able to get across. We had four baptisms. Osmin, Jimena, Kimberly, and Audrey. The three girls are all about the same age and were a little afraid of the water as it was pretty high, but once they decided to go for it they all did really well.
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Audrey does not like to be the center of attention so it was a little difficult for her to make the decision to get baptised where everyone would be watching. It made it a lot easier for her when Jimena (7) and Kimberly (9) did it first.We almost had to cancel the service as it has been raining so hard these past few weeks. We are thankful the God held back the river enough so we could have the service as planned. Please pray for Augustine and Juanita that they would make the decision to be baptized soon. They both have been saved in the past month and this was the first baptismal service that they had ever seen. We are talking with them about when to schedule a baptismal service for them.
Please pray for Osmin and Esperanza as they begin working on getting married. It is a lot of money and a lot of work to get married here so we are excited that Osmin and Esperanza want to make this step of obedience to the Lord.
Hey Cassy, I was wondering, what's wrong with the lady's feet who is crossing the plank? They look very uncomfortable. I have seen people whose feet looked like that in other third world countries also.
ReplyDeleteJuanita (the lady crossing the plank) has what is called Elephantitus here in Honduras. Her feet swell up and resemble elephant's feet. She has had this problem for ten years and can barely walk. It causes much pain and she had a lot of fevers. Please pray for her as her family has rejected her because of her illness.
ReplyDeleteWe met her because of Adelaida and Armando. On our first visit to her she accepted Jesus as her personal Saviour. We have to go and pick her up for services, but she has not missed one since then.
My daughter was also baptised on Sunday, I'll have to post a picture later.
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