Monday, November 24, 2008

Ordination and Anniversary Sunday

With everything we had going on the week before last I completely forgot to blog about that weekend. On Saturday the 15th Gabriel Chauvie stood before an ordination council. Pastor Archie Perez, Pastor Scott Borrmann, Pastor Daniel Lopez, Pastor Cristian Gutierrez, Pastor Paul Harmon, Pastor Barry Corts, and Dr. Jack McLanahan, all missionaries, are the men in the photo above laying on their hands as they prayed for Gabriel during the ordination service. Pastor Matt Sanders, a missionary to Salto, Uruguay was also on the council but had to leave before the service. Gabriel is the first Uruguayan to be ordained in the ministry here in Colonia.



That following Sunday we had early anniversary Sunday services, including Baptisms. Our Bethany is there in the front. There were 6 people baptized from the same family.

Melissa Marr and Bethany. Melissa was one of the 6 from the same family. She is special to our family and we enjoy having her around our house! We praise the Lord that He reached her heart through the confusion of Mormonism to show her, "The Way, The Truth and The Life". She was "baptized" nearly 200 times for the dead, and so, it was exciting to watch her being Biblically baptized. Melissa believes the Lord is calling her to be a missionary and desires to start classes in the institute next year.


Scott and Bethany just before he baptized her.




Bethany just after her daddy baptized her.

Scott and I with Bethany after the Baptism service. It was a special day for Scott to baptize one of our children. We especially praise the Lord that our children desire to be obedient and follow after the Lord Jesus Christ in believers baptism.

1 comment:

CaraqueƱa said...

What blessings~a first ordination and an awesome baptismal group! Praise the LORD!