Bible Studies and Baptisms

One of Matt and Nicole's goals when coming here, was to start Bible studies with the older children.  When they mentioned it, Ana could not wait.  They began studying in Matthew.  Ana was full of interest and full of questions.  By the time they got to the baptism of Jesus, Ana was ready to know more about baptism.  She said she had been wanting to know ever since she was nine.  She will be 11 in January.

Matt and Nicole studied with her and she quickly decided she wanted to be baptized on Sunday afternoon.  At that point, some of the other kids wanted to study, too.  Some wanted to study with Jorge, the preacher.  The next afternoon I left the house with my hands full of things to be filed in the office and I encountered the sweetest sight.  Jorge was having a Bible study on the concrete pad with Pamela, Antonio, Ana, and Mirian, the houseparent.  Nicole was there, too.  All were deeply engrossed in this Bible study.  After studying with Jorge, Pamela and Antonio decided they, too, wanted to be baptized on Sunday afternoon.

On Saturday morning, the youth group was going to go into the community and invite other kids to a youth group function that afternoon.  During the morning, Brayan began to study with Jorge and he decided that he, too needed to make this decision.

At 3:00 on Sunday afternoon, everyone went to the church building and watched as these four precious souls were baptized into Christ.  We are rejoicing as we know the angels in heaven are.