Washed by the Water

What a joy it is to see your child come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ!

Karis made the decision to follow Jesus a couple of months ago at an after school Bible time led by some long time missionaries in this part of the world.  They part-time teach at our school and attend the church start, Crossway, that we've been a part of. We thought Karis was close to making a decision when she did just that!

I was so happy to learn that our church was going to hold a baptism once the weather warmed.

You know it's Europe when the couple just over from your baptism site are topless!  Ha!

We even had a swimmer pop up in our little cove while we were singing!  Ha!

There were 5 people to be baptized.

We did a little singing first.

Asking those important questions!

So awesome to have daddy baptize his girl!

I chuckled at this photo!  I told her she looks like a little chipmunk!  She laughed and said "It was FREEZING!"  Ha!!

 

Our daughter and sister in Christ!

Afterward we headed to our pastor's home for a cookout!

One of the men in our church spoke some words about baptism.  He had a dirty shirt on, replacing it with a white shirt and said some other really cool stuff.  I thought it was a great visual for the kids.....and for me too!

And like any good church function, we had some good eats!!

We rounded it off by heading back to the water hole/baptistry for a short swim with a couple other families.  Karis earlier said it was freezing and then wanted to go back for more!! Ha!

What a special, wonderful, memory making day!!