Volunteers
Decisions
37 children chose to write letters stating what they believe and also that they would like to become Christians and follow Jesus! Below you can see a picture of all the letters. The reason we had them write letters is so that they could take them home and if they keep them, months or years later they can look back to this point in time and see what they believed and their desire to follow Jesus.
After writing that letter on Thursday, we gave the 37 children letters for their parents/guardians stating that we would be baptizing anyone of them who would like to and that we wouldn't do it without a parent/guardian's permission and signature. We were very clear that in order to be baptized, Yolanda and I did not NEED to be the ones to do it. The parent or a pastor or someone else could do it. Or they could do it any other time. But we would be doing it on Friday for those who wanted to.
We brought their letters home on Thursday night so we could read them and determine whether or not they fully grasped what it meant to become a Christian and that they were mature enough to be baptized. There were only 2 who we decided that we wouldn't baptize, even if their parents said it was ok.
Takudzwa's is first. In it he says, "I know you're my Savior. I will follow you, so help me God."
Baptisms
Even though most of you will never have the opportunity to travel to Zimbabwe and meet any of these children in person in this life, what a glorious thought it is to know that you will have the blessing of meeting them in heaven!