Yesterday we celebrated the baptisms of 9 people – five from the Path of Life Bible Church Jesús María, and four from the Path of Life Bible Church Las Palmas. You’ll see them in that order in the video below. Praise the Lord! And thanks to all of you who were praying for this service.
10 years ago today, Hannah was baptized, along with 25 other people from the two Path of Life churches in Ixtapaluca! There’s a video of the whole event here, but here’s Hannah giving her testimony:
A drive of an hour and a half can mean a significant change of altitude around here, and so a significant change of climate. It seems funny to see everyone bundled up, ready to leave Ixtapaluca (I could see my breath), only to end up swimming at a waterpark…
So we drove to the state of Morelos, and gradually started to thaw out. We met together in an amphitheatre in the forest and sang some Christmas carols…
David led the service, and Rod shared some biblical truths about baptism…
And then the three baptismal candidates gave their testimonies.
What an encouragement to hear how God has been working in their lives!
Finally, we went down to the river. Here’s a video of the baptisms – for reasons which will be clear, it’s hard to hear what’s being said. But you’ll get the idea!
After that, we enjoyed some delicious food and some wonderful fellowship and some walking and swimming (and sleeping!) as people desired, before heading back as night began to fall.
Thanks to everyone who was praying! Your prayers are not taken for granted. There were some challenging issues in the congregations – such as a fall, sickness, an accident – which could have caused problems. But God was good. Please continue to pray for those three teens who were baptized, and their families.
For more detailed information, with more videos and photos, check out Rod’s blog Mexico Matters!
It was a busy weekend, but a great weekend, enjoying lots of fellowship, our institute class focusing on the Lord Jesus, and then of course our Sunday service!
Two people were baptized on Sunday, and as is tradition I’m sharing a video of the baptisms (and a couple of pictures). Praise the Lord with us!
…actually, it’s already here!
We’re looking forward to a full weekend. On Saturday morning we’ll be heading over the the church building in Jesús María to clean in preparation for our service on Sunday. Why are we going to Jesús María? Because they’re the ones with a baptismal tank! Actually, it was just over four years ago that the tank was being constructed…
On Saturday afternoon, we’ll head to the next class of Biblical Doctrine, with our teachers from Dallas with us in person this weekend. A few tacos together, and then some reflection on the doctrine of Jesus Christ – it should be a great afternoon/evening! Care to join us?
And then, Sunday morning, back “up the hill” to Jesús María for our Sunday morning service, and the baptisms. Please be in prayer for the baptismal candidates and their families! Pray also for the health of everyone in the church, so that everyone can attend and celebrate with us.
Pray also that the Word of God would be clearly shared – multiple times – on Sunday morning/afternoon!
Anyway, I have lots more to do today, so I’ll run for now. Lord willing sometime next week I’ll be able to report about the weekend.
Back in 2011 we were doing baptisms at a nearby water park. We would have a service on the grass, and then “take over” a section of one of the pools for the actual baptisms.
Here are the believers, from two churches, with their baptism certificates, 10 years ago today on a Sunday morning! (And by the way, check out this post from before the baptisms…)
