We are having a baptism this weekend! Abraham is an Ethiopian man,
late 20's, with a strong conversion to God. He's having his interview
with the Zone Leaders on Wednesday and if they clear him he'll be baptized on Saturday. If they don't clear him, we'll push it back and
try again until he either gets baptized or tells us not to come anymore.
We're all hoping he's ready. He's amazing and brilliant, if a little
quiet. He accepted the commandments with very little hesitation and no
resistance, and he's been living all of them as far as we can tell. So
hopefully he's ready.
His baptism is both a blessing and a curse because although he will
enter the waters of baptism and start himself on the path to salvation,
he's also our only investigator who's really progressing. We have
several others but one got sick and is out of our area for treatment,
one is tied to a church for his college tuition (they hired him from
Africa to tell them about life and culture there) and another is only
there for every third appointment. Others are listening to us but not
really progressing or not keeping commitments. Kinda frustrating.
Highlight of the week:
We went to a Baptist Christmas service this Sunday. It was a great
learning experience because it taught me how our investigators feel when
they come to our church, especially when they've never been there
before. We had to leave in the middle to get to our own church meetings
on time, but it was interesting to see the differences that there are
between the way that we worship and the way that they worship. When we
left, a man was doing a 'sand story' about the birth of Jesus. (A sand
story is where the artist moves sand around on a projector to make the
pictures of the story, in case you didn't know).
Also I'm getting better at biking; I only have to get off every two
or three miles now instead of at every hill. :) Still glad we're
getting a car this week, though.
Yours faithfully,
Elder Joshua Brown
Servant of the Lord
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