Great Start

Our first visit for the day was at LC.  This was a church filled with smiling faces on young and old people who had made a special effort to gather on a Friday to meet with us.  This was a humbling experience.  The church was a simple wood room with a concrete floor.  The small room was packed.  The people worshipped like Jesus was standing there.  Mike gave his testimony and it almost made me cry (seriously).  George did a great job teaching and after we finished our worship time, several people wanted to go down to the pond and be baptized.  

One dear older lady, with a patch on her eye also wanted to be baptized as a demonstration of her acceptance of Christ.  She was carefully helped down into the pond and George cupped water in his hand and gently poured it over her head being careful not to get any near her eye.  Everyone clapped.  It was a special moment.

In the midst of all of these spiritual moments, there is also plenty of light hearted entertainment.  For example, the whole time George is baptizing in the pond, there is a pig swimming in the background.  Yes, God does have a sense of humor.

Right now we are traveling in our mobile home, an eleven passenger van, on our way to our next stop - which happens to be lunch - YES!

Over the course of the days, I will try to give some insight into each of the guys.  Here is a little snippet about George.  He told me that he tends to be a people pleaser.  This was a great revelation to me because now I just ask him to do everything for me :)

This evening we will head out again to another church.  We get three hours this afternoon to catch up on the sleep we are missing.

More later - your friendly neighborhood blogmaster.