I all started three Fridays ago when one of our girls in the barraca (Bamboo hut) came up to me and said 'Mana Ruth, I want to be baptised'. This one girl I still remember when we first met. She was totally drunk and came in to the barraca being so loud and demanding attention. We prayed for her and God met her where she was. She ending up sobbing and repenting for all she did. She came back week after week, sometimes drunk, sometimes in her full muslim headdress, sometimes quiet and really tired. She had many times of sobbing and breaking down and many times of reflection. She came to our bible study on wednesdays regularly and gave her life to the Lord.
She has completly changed since that first day we met her and is learning more and more about walking through life as a daughter of God.
So here she is asking to get baptised.
Only God can transform a life so much.
So the following wednesday we do a teaching on baptism and the next week we go to baptise her. We sat in the car for about twenty minuets waiting for her to show up with three of our ladies who also come to our bible study week after week. They themselves got baptised last year. We start to loose hope and plan to do a birthday party instead as two of the three had birthdays recently. Then suddenly, after searching a little, she shows up.
So down to the beach we go. We sit in the sand and teach some more about what God thinks about baptism and what the bible says about it. As we start we suddenly hear people coming towards us..it was two more of the girls that come most friday nights and some wednesdays for bible study. They didn't want to miss out, they also wanted to be baptised!
God calls His children, this ministry is His and may He do what He likes with it. We didn't plan this but what a joy it is when God's in control.
So we ask the three girls who got baptised last year, to baptise the three girls getting baptised that day. It was so beautiful to watch. It was such a joy to see these girls start a new season in Him.
Getting out the way and allowing God to move in His way results in such splendor.
God was in totally control of the whole thing, calling His
children into His presence and plan for their lives. What a joy it is to follow
our big God.
Thank you for your continued prayer for our ministry on the
street, we have currently had to close our bamboo hut as someone bought the
land we were on. But we are going around only doing street ministry, which has
been going great! Lots of healings and salvations and we have only been doing
it for two weeks.
Please do continue to keep praying for Iris Ministries, our
team in Pemba, the children and the missionaries. We need it everyday; we need
God to show up every day and we need God’s miracles every day.
