Kingereka Baptism

Due to my error this did not get published last week as I intended.

Two Sundays ago we had a wonderful service. Our field director, Dr. Ron Bragg was in attendance. He was finishing up a 2-week trip, which took him to many places from Kenya to Tanzania. His last stop before the airport was at our house for Sunday dinner. Cathy fixed up the best chicken fajitas you can get in East Africa. But I digress.

The morning service was very well attended and there was much excitement among the people. Certainly, Greg and I were charged up. It’s not often you get visitors from home here and the people seemed to be very lively. Many people came forward during the invitation time to pray. After the service we had a baptismal service.

We were expecting to baptize several but life happened and only one person was baptized. It was my privilege to baptize a woman named Anna. In our little church of 40 people we have 3 or more Annas. This Anna was someone I had never met before. Greg led her to the Lord last week.

Now, as you watch the video you will notice that I did not get into the baptismal tank. There is a good reason for this. Actually, there are 2 good reasons. First, I forgot to bring a change of clothes and a towel. I left the things sitting out in plain sight at home so I wouldn’t forget them. But I forgot them.

Secondly, the water was just plain gross. It was full of bugs, allege, dirt, a few rocks and bottle caps and who knows what kind of diseases. Go ahead, call me a sissy. Call me a whimp. Say that I am unscriptural or not a fundamentalist- it’s all right. I can take it. Just know that I drove the 30-minute ride home in dry clothes, I didn’t get sick or have my nice church clothes smell like sewer water and my soul is at rest in the Lord. Ha!

On a serious note: pray for Patricia, a 3-year old girl. She was accidentally pushed into an open fire and landed in a pot of boiling soup. She has spent the last 2 weeks in the hospital with 3rd degree burns. She is home now but will need your prayers as she has much healing to do. Her mother Anna was recently saved and attends our church regularly. She was planning to be baptized too, but this incident caused her to miss the service.

Pray for me as I teach and preach 3 times this week in Swahili.
Pray for 3 Masai boys who were saved 2 weeks ago to grow in faith.