Baptism

We had a baptism today!!!  What a beautiful blessing to see precious souls take a stand for Jesus when it's not always easy to be a Christian here.

We had a full house at church.

and enjoyed special music from the youth group at a children's home nearby.

Bless their hearts, they did a wonderful job, as usual.

This sweet young lady (who sometimes translates for me) gave her mother a break and babysat her little brother.

Ramon and this little one enjoyed a nice little conversation!

After church, everyone found their shoes (Yes, even when it's cold, no one wears shoes inside.  I bring heavy socks to put on, and I confess that today my feet were cold even in my heavy socks.) and went outside for the baptism.

Someone had a little accident.  Oh well--THE SUN IS SHINING!

Thankfully it was a nice day--a little cold, BUT THE SUN WAS SHINING!  Amen!

We gathered around the baptismal tank,

the candidates lined up,

and the pastor said a few words.

One of our Kindergarten students happily babysat the baby of one of the girls who was baptized.  Both are so adorable!

The grandpa you see here in gray raised his hands up in a cheer to show his happiness when he came up out of the water.  It was so beautiful!

Afterwords, we got in a circle to pray

and then walked around the circle to greet everyone--very nice!

Finally it was time to eat!

Wish you could have been here with us--you would have been blessed!  Thanks for your prayers which help us every day!