When I last traveled to Cajazeiras, I was talking to Café, the evangelist, when a 16 year old girl came up to him and said she was ready. She had decided to be baptized. Café had been studying the Bible with her for some weeks and she came to the realization that she was dead without Christ. Café was happy and told her that was great and then looked at me and said, “You baptize her.” I looked at Café strangely and said, “But I don't even know her.” I asked what her name was and he told me it was Michele and that she was 16.
I agreed but
reluctantly. I am of the opinion that if
you baptize someone you should take care of them and help them mature. That was why I was reluctant but I went ahead
and baptized her. Michele is the first
girl that is not one of Café's four daughters to be baptized in
Cajazeiras. Not the first female but the
first girl. She has not participated in
the Passo Certo soccer program (The Right Step Program) but is a friend of
someone in the program.
Since my last trip to Cajazeiras at the beginning of
June, two more people have been baptized.
Their names are Victor, he is 13 and is a part of the Right Step program
and Juliano, 38 and father of 3 children who do not participate in the Right
Step program. He is very evangelistic
and is eager to get to work, telling others about Christ. Please pray for all
of the new babes in Christ, that they may be faithful until death. Jeremy Newlin
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