Bautizo

This past weekend Ashley and I were able to experience and be a part of a special day in the life of the church of our Tico family. Sunday morning, we got up early and drove about an hour and a half over the mountains to the north and east of San Jose. It was a scenic drive.

We arrived at a beautiful river for this exciting event. There were about 15 of us, 7 of which were there to be baptized. Most of those being baptized were teenagers, but there was one woman, Ileana, who we have met before at the Bible study that meets at our house on Thursdays. We got up earlier that morning than we do for school, so we were a bit tired. Not Ileana. She said she woke up really early because she was so excited about what the day meant to her.

The 'service' was amazing and almost brought me to tears. These 7 people who were baptized were so excited and the others were rejoicing and praising Jesus for His saving power. We sang a song each time someone came out of the water.

One of the teenagers just after being baptized.

We enjoyed this experience and it was awesome to see that though our cultures our different, and our languages are different, our God is the same true God who sent His Son to this earth in order to die for our sins and to conquer death for us!