April 24, 2011 -Easter Sunrise & Baptism

Today was awesome...tiring ...but awesome. We didn't sleep at all last night, preparing the food, equipment, activities, etc. Everyone was pitching in getting ready for the BIG day today. We had to leave between 3-4am to pick everyone up from both church plants and make it to the beach by 5am. That is when the sun rises here. So, we were all very sleepy..but it was such a great day. We had a beautiful service with music and Ferd preached a great message. Then, we went to the ocean where both church plants had their baptisms. Our church had 7 new converts and the our other church plant ( where Pastor Ronald is the pastor now) had 5 converts. SO, 12 new Believers!!! It was incredible. Some of these are my converts from my Singles class, some are from my Patch kids, and Ferd had an older man who is his convert. Plus, many others...it was just wonderful to witness.
Then, of course, we had a delicious meal of sinigang baboy, giniling, mechado, and grilled bangus. Yummy!!!