31 March, 2013

Baptisms and Birthdays (Eastern Cape)

(Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3)
Baptisms


It began Christmas Eve. We spent the day doing house visits - the leaders were off shopping - and we got to bless some house holds. A Mama's stomach was healed and we also got to spend some time with a man who had physical damage from surviving a house fire as a young boy. We learned later that he is one of the community's strongest leaders. 

Later that afternoon, we had scheduled baptisms. Two members on our team wanted to be baptized and Meyer had a friend who wanted to be baptized as well. 

"Smuckets" and Soy


After the baptisms, we gathered them all together and we prayed over them, blessed them, and prophesied over each one of them individually. 



Birthdays
M is in the brown/white striped shirt.
Happy Birthday, M!! She turned 19 on December 26! 
To celebrate the beauty, we took a trip to Magwa Falls - about an hour or two from Port St. John's.
We also got KFC for lunch (since she looooves South African KFC). 



Some local boys who lived nearby took us across the waters and showed us the easiest way to see the waterfall.












The the boys took us to the Safe To Swim Area where we chilled for awhile.