Tuesday, September 02, 2008

4 Recent Baptisms!

In less than a week 4 individuals have given their lives to Jesus! On Sunday, August 24th, 3 people were baptized out at the Chácara. Two of these people were mothers of guys that have been in the rehabilitation program. The other person was an intern at the Chácara. It is pretty incredible that the Lord is using these young men coming off serious drug and alcohol addictions to reach their families for Christ. More and more family members and friends are being touched by what the God is doing there.

Above: Jane is baptized by Pastor Isaiah. Below: Jane with her sons Eduardo and Rodrigo (Chácara graduates).


This last Saturday, Matt baptized Guilherme (William). The following is taken from Matt's blog about this experience:

A few weeks ago I wrote about a new Bible study we had begun with a young man named Guilherme. He is a bright guy with a bright future in the field of computer science. He has been dating Gabrieli, daughter of our friends and brothers Lauro & Lorena. Our Bible study time has been amazing - he has soaked up the Word like a sponge. It's always exciting to study the Word with someone who is so eager to learn. Last week Guilherme came to us and said he would like to be baptized! It's finally nice to be able to participate in a baptism! (It's a running joke here in POA that whenever I leave town for a trip, someone gets baptized - that has happened a dozen times over the past few years!)

Matt and Guilherme before (above) and after (below) the baptism!

Praise God for these recent commitments to Christ!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is that your pool?? Surely not!

Sascha Terry said...

Dear Anonymous,

That top picture is of a pond at the Chacara (the rehab center that we help support). The lower picture is taken of a friend's pool. I'm not sure which picture you were referring to. Our pool is not in this post, but you can find it in other baptism photos.