Batèm

Thursday night a friend of ours (Noelgens) told us he was getting baptized Friday morning. He didn't know what time it would be, but he knew it would be early in the morning. At 5:30 a.m. we got a phone call from his witness (Jimmy) saying they were getting ready to start.

 
We jumped out of bed, got dressed and headed out to try and find where this place was where he was getting baptized. We got to our locked gate and the guard was asleep, we couldn't find the key, but thankfully the day guard was just arriving and had a key to let us out. We could hear the singing, but it was dark and we had a hard time finding the path to the lake. As we got there, he had already been baptized but we got to participate in the prayer and blessing. As they sang, they blessed him by touching his head and working down to his feet. This was a very exciting experience for us because we have spoken with him in the past about the need for baptism.