15 baptized

We had a wonderful baptism morning yesterday at Green Pastures with at least 80 present for the joyful occasion. We decided to baptize at Green Pastures as the pool there is spacious and in the open air. People are now saying we should always have our baptismal services there even after the pandemic. We arrived there around 8 am and some folk had already arrived. Soon the place was teaming with Christians! We held a short service with some nice worship songs and I brought a message about baptism. We then took some photographs of the group of 15 people to be baptized.

Following this we started baptizing the 6 women and 9 men. The first woman called Nazareth we baptized by aspersion, as she has serious nervous problems which left her scared of the pool, and then we baptized the rest by immersion as we normally do. The women were Alice (our granddaughter), Milena, Monyque, Maryana, Nazareth and Fernanda. The men were Danrlei, Michael, Caetano, Jair, Kecinho, Toinho Adjuto, Leo, Domini e Lucas. Please pray for them. 

Whilst at Green Pastures yesterday I saw a beautiful pair of Narrow-billed Woodcreepers. They climb tree trunks using their tail and legs. They are fascinating to watch. On Christmas Day it rained 6 mm (a quarter of an inch) so we ended up getting at least a damp Christmas!

Last week I finished reading another book in the Blitz Detective series by Mike Hollow. This time it was the Dockland Murder which Detective Inspector John Jago sorted out nicely. These books are very well written and are really relaxing.

Yesterday's Boxing Day main service was blessed. I led the service and dedicated yet another baby called Luna. Assistant Pastor Rafael preached the Word from Lamentations 3. However numbers were down as a result of the good rain we had yesterday.

Yesterday was a true day of Boxing Day blessing with 65 mm of glorious rain at Green Pastures which is nearly 3 inches of rain. We sure do praise God for this!