Ben and roxy (a volunteer couple) met brenda and sine 3 months back through the bible shop. They went to visit them at their home because they wanted to know more. Ben and roxy came back beaming about this couple saying how fired up they were for God and how they had been searching for something like this and when ben and roxy were talking to them they totally believed the same things and ben could not wait for us all to meet this couple. Now iv heard similar stories when hearing about other peoples mission trips and you probably have too but its not until you witness it yourself does it really hit you. They are so enthusiastic about God and living by his word it’s extremely uplifting for us all to witness. They just want to learn, learn and learn and listen very intently to what you say.
Last Sunday was so full of joy! Probably one of the most emotional baptisms iv every been to! We arrived at happys at 8:30am to pick Nozipho up and her friends for the baptism. Nozipho was sat at a desk alone writing her testimonial she would give at the baptism. This immediately brought tears to my eyes. Here was a lady, my friend who is totally dependant on others, unable to do anything by herself and she wants to give her life to the Lord.
I forgot to pray that morning for Gods help in making things run smoothly. There was meant to be a bus driver to drive the schools minibus to the baptism, he wasn’t there. We were on a tight schedule and had 3 lots of other people to pick up too! The only staff member that was around happened to know someone who lived next to the school that had his number! She got if for us and we managed to get hold of the bus driver…he said he would be 30 minutes. We didn’t have 30 minutes! We told him we were at the school waiting and then he said he would be 5 minutes. 10 minutes later he did turn up. Him not turning up could have been a disaster! That was God saying HE IS in control of everything! It doesn’t matter how much you plan and you think everything is under control, in the end; it’s down to God.
12 students on the mini bus and 3 other pick ups later (we have a pick up truck which fits many people in the back, practically everyone has one here in SA and each one is normally packed with 20 people in it. No one knows whether its legal or not but the traffic police don’t seem to care) we finally made it back to the hall with 10 minutes to spare. Quite the accomplishment here in SA.The baptisms, which were incorporated into the Sunday service, were just so beautiful! Brenda, sine and nozipho all gave a testimonial about how the introduction to the truth changed their lives, very emotional! The baptisms were done outside which was just lush too then we all shared a meal together.
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