We always love the final Sunday we are here in Los Anonos. Worshipping together, Gringos and Ticos side-by-side is always great. Today, instead of worshipping at the church, we took the entire congregation to a local club house and pool. We filled 1 bus and 2 cars!!
So right there in middle of families gathering for a pleasant day at the pool we had a worship service. Musical worship, a message from I Thessalonians on "How to Live in Community" and then the highlight of the day...
BAPTISM!! 9 adults, teens and children (from a grandmother to an 8 year old)followed Christ's example of proclaiming their faith publically as they were baptized in the pool. It was still early in the day and the water was VERY cold!! Amazingly cold for this part of the world!! So this was a challenge. Each was asked 2 Questions:
1. Have you received Christ as your Lord & Savior?
2. Why do you want to be baptized?
Following their verbal answers, they were baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. As they came up out of the water, the congregation applauded their step of faith. This is ultimately what our partnership with Los Anonos is all about -- people coming to know Christ and taking steps to obey Him in all things.
Then came the FIESTA!!! For the next 3 1/2 hours, everyone swam, played soccer, ate lots of food! This was a great time of fun and relationship building -- very much an important goal of our trips here.
The rest of the day is spent on one last shopping run for CR coffee, relaxing and thinking about how to pack for the trip home in the most efficient way...
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