Baptism at the lake

I wanted to share these pictures of a wonderful victory in our church... the salvation {this year} and then baptism of these four precious souls.  Now, this is actually not our only baptism for the year 2012.  This is just our annual trip out to the lake for our "Church in the Woods" activity.  Since rain was inevitable this day, we called off the special church services {and had regular services at the church instead} and cookout that we look forward to here each year.  However, those who were brave and willing to risk being showered on showed up to watch the morning's events out at the lake.  The ground was, oh so very soft and muddy from rain earlier in the week, but not a drop of rain in sight during the baptism.  As soon as we finished and walked away, the drops started coming!  Thank you, Lord, for waiting on us!

{Below} Three cheers for anyone who can find all 6 from our family in this picture.  I kinda think we blend right in... because these people are our family!

{Below} Lena had the right idea!

 While we waited for the adults to dress, I took pictures of the kiddos playing by the water.  My biggest challenge was keeping them out of it.  My little village kids would have gladly jumped in, church clothes and all, if I had only whispered the word!

{Below} Brianna with her new friend Vika.  {And by the way, those pretty white shoes did not stay white for very long!}

I love seeing our church grow through salvations and baptisms.  Though we don't see big results like today each and every day of the year, we do see a steady growth which is a reminder that we are reaching our goals of winning the lost and teaching others to do likewise!

(David had the privilege of leading the man in the very first picture in the top right hand corner to the Lord.  He also was able to lead a very special grandmother to Christ the very morning of this baptism, but I will save that wonderful story for another post.)