New Church in Chansa Village

We finally had the baptism we have been trying to do for some time in Chansa Village. About 2 months ago we had many people confess that they wanted to trust in Christ. Since then we have been searching for a place to have baptism. The village has no water source and I have been working with the local government trying to get them a new well (borehole) dug. Now that the rains are here there are some puddles of water near the village, but none are deep enough for baptism. We dug a hole and tried to put one of my tarps down to hold water, but the tarp had some small holes and the water quickly ran out. SO, this week I was able to get two large pieces of plastic and had a local tailor sew them together. We put it in the hole they had dug, which looked exactly like a shallow grave, and it worked perfect. It was a beautiful symbol of death to sin and alive to Christ. These 8 men and women where baptized to mark the official beginning of the church in Chansa.

2011

This is our first post from 2011! We've been in our Christmas holidays! Celebrating and giving thanks to the Lord everything He has done in 2010.

We are having some baptisms in Chansa this week. We are praising God that people are committing their lives to Him and desire to show their commitment through baptism. God is calling people to himself here and we are so happy to be part of it.

It seems like January is flying by and we are enjoying every day we get to spend here! We got our crate on New Years Eve! It was so much fun unpacking, and we were so excited that we forgot to take a picture of it! Oops! We had our neighbor bring it to us, since he has a big truck. When they arrived, James got the tools to bust it open, and we proceeded to unload the whole thing with about 10 people helping/watching. Our screen porch was PACKED! It smelled like America. I know it's difficult to bottle the smell of America, but our crate managed to do it. We worked for the entire weekend getting everything unpacked and put away. So many good things we are really enjoying the finer things in life from America. Our house still smells like America and it is such a nice feeling.

Best things are the Hershey's syrup, scented candles, flavored syrup for coffee, hutch's giant shark pillow from bass pro, salsa, toilet paper, my new pots and pans, the kids swings. I could go on forever. I'm just so thankful for all the great things we were able to bring and for all the help getting everything!

We'll do an update after the baptisms tomorrow!

hutch loves to push lulie

trying out the swings!

hutch the comedian. he said "look daddy, i'm pappaw"