Baptisms.... African Style!

We had a wonderful afternoon as Josh and Seth plus 19 people from the Children's Home were baptized. Our church announced two weeks ago they would be doing baptisms so we asked the boys if they would like to make that step. We also talked to the older kids at HHCH and some of the staff that hadn't been baptized yet. Josh and Seth were very excited to be get baptized as were most of the kids at HHCH. It was a bit of a challenge for some that had grown up in more traditional churches and had always heard about baptism as more of something one has to earn than just do. Some of the staff had some pressure from their families not to do it as they weren't being baptized in the church they had grown up in. We decided to have a bible study at our house yesterday to make sure that everyone understood exactly what baptism is and isn't. I had a lot of fun teaching it and answering some interesting questions... I think a lot of them were shocked when it was pointed out that in Acts everyone was baptized as soon as they were saved. Praise the Lord at the end when I took down everyones name to give to the pastor, they all signed up, very exciting! I love it when the Word of God breaks down the traditions of man. So here are a few pics of the day:

Bible study yesterday

This is the area where most Full Gospel churches baptize. It is a small stream that they dam up to make a baptismal. It certainly isn't the cleanest stream I have ever seen but we did pray over it before we started :D.We had a lovely time of singing before the baptism started.

Quite a bit of rubbish scattered around

Seth and Pastor Titus (no idea what is floating in the water)

Big smile, we are so proud!!

Josh's turn

Yay!

Mirander going under. I must admit I had some tears in my eyes as I saw our HHCH kids being baptized. It is so amazing to see the joy on their faces.

Norbert, we have seen him mature in the Lord so much this last year.

Our wonderful pastor, Titus