God's Hand at Work!

(Joe, Oma, Aof, Tong, Poon, Liw, Jib, Piaw, Annie, Pooky, and Ong)

Today was one of the highlights of my 2 years of serving here in Thailand! There are lots of highs and lows in the journey and today counts as being on top of cloud 9 :) Today was a Thai holiday so we headed off for the beach at 6:00 a.m. this morning to baptize 11 new Thai believers! We rented 2 vans and 1 family drove their car. There were over 30 people in all who went for the day.

This is actually the 3rd baptism that I have been a part of for Canaan Baptist Church since arriving here in January of 2009. This one was extra special to me though because I was able to play a role in some of the lives of those being baptized!

*3 students from Sripatum University who have become believers since this past summer were baptized. (Annie, Aof, Oma)

*2 students from other Universities in Bangkok were baptized also. (Liw and Piaw). I have been discipline Piaw for several months now and was able to teach her the lesson about baptism and immediately after that lesson wanted to be baptized.

*3 people that we met through our ministry at the BSC (Baptist Student Center) were baptized. (Pooky, Ong, Tong)

*3 people that came to Canaan through God's divine purpose were baptized also! (Poon, Joe, Jib)

I could write a long story about each of these people and how God has done a mighty work in their life! Each one is unique and amazing on how God brings people to HIMSELF!

Today is one of those days that I will never forget! It encourages me to keep pressing on because there will be fruit in His time.

There will be more stories and pictures to come from this awesome day!! Praise the Lord!