Tuesday, December 14, 2010

A Joyous Day

This past Sunday was a joyous one as four adults confessed their belief in Jesus Christ and became members of our church. Two children were also baptized. Praise be to God!

They are: Tono Abitoko, Noipe Silas, and Damien and Margaret Paino.

Noipe's son Rapaiel being baptized.

Damien and Margaret's daughter, Athalia
with a beautiful smile as she is baptized.

Tono was quite emotional as he read from John 1--The Word Became Flesh.

Andrew and Natalie and girls also joined us for the special day as they arrived back on Saturday!
Everyone was glad to see them, especially Louisa!

Glad to be together again...

Please pray for Andrew and Natalie--they found out on Monday that they had 2 days to pack up everything and get it into the container! They have been madly packing since and at the same time dealing with a nasty stomach bug that has hit all 3 of their girls already, and some members of our family too!

4 comments:

carla said...

Wish we could've been in church that day!Tell Damien & Margaret that we are excited they joined!I will never forget walking in Biwat with Margaret and Athalia. Give them all a hug from us!
I wish we could outlaw flu!
CUTE to see the 3 kids sitting with Andrew. Wish the vdHs all the best & God's blessing from us.

Enquire - Life is full of questions said...

What an awesome day that must have been!
Our heavenly God and Father is gracious and continues to gather his church from all the ends of the earth. It is wonderful to see the blessings of your labours. May God contiunue to bless you.
In Christ,
Rob and Diane Bonefaas

Unknown said...

hey guys, thanks for the pictures and stories (unbelievable the kinds of things that you are going through!) we are really enjoying having mom and dad here, and I ve been asking them lots about their time in lae with you guys. Joel and Nanda cooked for us all tonight. You are in our prayers!!
Jonathan

Anonymous said...

Blessings to you all for a wonderful Christmas!!