Salamat Hari Minggu! (Happy Sunday!)

Today we went to the same church again. We witnessed the baptism of three adults including one older woman and two younger people and the public profession of faith of a young woman. It was really amazing to witness publicly the fact that these people have made the choice to be christians in this extremely muslim country where there are continuous threats to christian churches. This happened following a sermon about how parents must teach their children the fear of the Lord as they are already born in sin and need to be taught what good is. After the sermon we witnessed the celebration of Lord's supper. Only those who were members of the church participated. The elements were distributed by two elders. Instead of bread they use what look like communion wafers here. The wine was in little cups just like back home in Aldergrove. On Friday we had met with four members of the church to talk about how they could help us and if they could answer any questions. They also offered to have someone translate the sermon during the service. We asked if they could just have someone take notes in English for us and then we will try to understand as much in Indonesian as possible. We now have a handy dandy translator which translates both ways and is extremely helpful. Anyways, today one of the young guys wrote out some notes on the sermon for us for which we are very grateful.

Just had to post this adorable photo of Brynne in a dress she got from her big cousin Anna.