8 Baptisms!

Mark & Sarah Brown are Associate Field Workers in Philippines. It’s wonderful to listen to their excitement as they shared about recent baptisms in their church.

Last Sunday we were excited to baptize 8 people in water at our church! We had spent the month preparing with weekly classes looking at the Biblical principle of water baptism. On the day, we showed pre-recorded videos of their testimonies, and then after their video they would be baptized in a 150 gallon water trough we had brought with us from California! (got the idea from Net of Life church!

We hope you take a moment to read this personal testimony of one of the individuals who got baptized.

"My name is JennaLyn Salita or you can just call me Jenna. My parents both came from the province of Cagayan Valley. Since they were about the ages of 13 and 14 they both came to Manila with their families. My life before I met Christ: I was born and grew up in a Roman Catholic family. That's why I believed in different saints. That when I'm sick, I would pray and touch them. If I needed something, I would ask the images or statues and it will be given to me. That is my mindset when I am young. Further, way back in my childhood I was short tempered and easily got irritated and fond of yelling as if i was mad at everyone around me. I also had the attitude of jealously - meaning there were things I liked which I saw other people had but I didn't. Even though I wanted them my parents could not afford to buy them for me. Though they did buy me stuff, I still complained about even those things. That is how I lived.

For some time I began to attend services at a Baptist church. I was fond of singing and the stories they were telling me. On the contrary, I didn't understand the importance of those stories and lessons. Until one time I was invited by a friend to join them at their youth service at their church. And there they introduced to me Jesus. How he loves me, how he loves us and sacrificed his life to save me and every one of us. It was then, in 2007, I was a sophomore student in high school - I admit that I'm a sinner, ask God to forgive me and believe in him and confess that Jesus Christ is my Savior and Lord. Now that I'm a Christian I want the world to know how God changed me and how I live my life today. I am thankful in whatever circumstances happens. Because God has a plan for me and every one of us. He knows what is the best for us and thats why I know how to be satisfied with what I have and with what is given to me. For the best time is in God's time. I learned to share my blessings with others, especially the good news that was shared with me about Jesus. For I know that this is not just a blessing but the most precious gift we can ever have - our salvation."

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