Baptism Yesterday

So my wife reminded me that I never posted anything about the baptism on my blog and that many people who read this can't follow on facebook.  I'm sorry, but I was in the process of working on it when we lost power here and we just got it back.   So, the official count stands at 64.  Patrick and I were blessed to baptize 60 brothers and sisters in Christ.
As we were baptizing we didn't really know the back stories of most of these people. Many were saved before we got there and had just never had an opportunity to be baptized.  Getting baptized in a body of water of any significant size isn't an easy thing here!

As an update Patrick and I meet with pastors today representing 14 local churches and they are anxious to come here to baptize as well!!  Lastly, they are desperatly desiring to have training materials here.  Nice thing is I have an office full of it at church

Starting about 4am I heard men praying and walking around the village.  I couldn't see them but I could hear them.  We found out later that many had slept in the church and prayed in shifts all night.  When the sun came up this is what God blessed us with.

First up was George our gracious host.  He had been baptized before but wanted to share in a time of refreshing and to share in this special time with his wife!

Next up was Christie.  She has never been baptized and it was a special thing to be baptized by her husband!