Mas-ambican Baptisms!
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Today was the greatest highlight of my time in Africa up to this point! No doubt! After 6 months of rich discipleship with 6 guys in Masi from Mozambique, they baptized each other this morning! It was SUCH an encouragement! These were no forced baptisms where they were'nt really ready, but we needed to get them under for the sake of the numbers. Nor were these guys getting dunked with no idea what it all meant. No. The Holy Spirit brought them to the place of curiosity and studying what the Word of God says about baptism brought them to a place or desire and readiness. Some of them were actually upset at us for not telling them about this earlier.
After studying Romans 6 about 3 weeks ago, they came to a place where one of them yelled out, "I'M READY TO DIE!" Well today they were "buried with Christ through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, they too may have new life." (Romans 6:4)
Will you thank God with us? And please pray for:
- John
- Shawn
- Ernest
- Vusi
- Nando
- David
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On September 30, I will leave for a trip with Viktor (a friend and co-worker from Germany), John, Ernest and Shawn to drive to Mozambique where we will share Jesus with ther families and friends and teach about simple church planting. After that we will head together into Swaziland for more church planting teaching with an MCC ministry there. This is a discipleship or missionary journey of sorts and our hearts are full of anticipation!