This past Sunday night, Joab, Layane, Nadine, Natalia, Rita and Valda and Caroline asked to be baptized.
Yesterday, I picked up the girls in Aningas, and they were abuzz with excitement, saying they want to be baptized this Saturday.
They don’t want to wait to be baptized; they feel they are being disobedient to God, every day they wait.
Mark was concerned that the village know and be invited, so we thought that we’d spend Friday in the village, going door to door, inviting everyone to come and witness. Rick and Mark are going to see if the river in Aningas will do, if not there is a lake, right down the dirt road. Joab and the girls and Valda will write their testimonies so that they can be read. Eliel will come and give a word and Mark will baptize them.
We are going to make a huge pot of rice and another of feijoada and farofa, and we’ll get some soda to have a celebration, after the baptism.
I’m so excited I can hardly write. I’m so thankful Rick and Noreen are here to be with us, for Caroline’s sake, for the girls who feel such a huge connection with all of you at home, and because it feels like a little piece of home is here, to rejoice with us.
For every sentence I write, ten more are crowding in my mind. God is good and these precious lives are proof of His Goodness and Grace. Wish you were here.
The saying is sure and worthy of confidence: If we have died with Him, we shall also live with Him. (2 Timothy 2:11 AMP)
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