Much fun had by all at our baptism service in Niboye today. 10 people made a public confession of their faith in Jesus and we sensed his presence and pleasure with us. Sorry Antoine could not be there as he is sick (with malaria he thinks). We pray for his recovery and for a blessed day tomorrow as we celebrate the Kingdom life we have through our Lord, Friend and Savior Jesus.
Last night we celebrated a Passover meal with some Canadian and Rwandan missionary friends. There were 17 of us in all and it was a very enjoyable evening. It was also Kathleen's birthday. Thanks for the awesome cakes Jen.
We have been celebrating Passover for the past few years and it is a great way to trace God's amazing work of redemption through his chosen people and ultimately through his Son Jesus Christ. It is hard to even begin to comprehend how much we have to be grateful for as children of our loving heavenly Father. A very happy Easter to all!
Last Thursday while we were at a Mission cabin on Lake Kivu with some other missionary families, we heard a commotion outside our cabin and the guards were all in an uproar about something that was happening on the Lake. I went down the hill with them to the lake and heard two people shouting in the water. As I am not a very good swimmer I ran back up to our cabin and called the others to come. Joel was first to the lake and the guards, who do not swim, had carried a SeaDoo out of the shed. Joel jumped in the SeaDoo and began to paddle out to the people in the water who were about 100 meters from shore. A dug-out canoe was coming from the far shore at the same time. Joel managed to drag the woman he got to first into the SeaDoo and she was coughing up water and in shock. The dug-out reached the other person, a young girl who was also quite distressed.
It seems the ladies had gone to the weekly market in a small dug-out. The wind was up and the water a bit choppy and on the way back to their island their fully loaded boat sank. The rescue dug-out took both women on board and headed off to their island. When Joel got back in the seadoo we all felt so bad for their loss that Joel asked if he could follow them and give them some money. I gave Joel 5000 francs (about $10) and he took off after them in a kayak this time. It took him a while to catch up with them and give them the money. The women were still crying but were very grateful to the young white boy who helped prevent their day from being a complete disaster. We prayed that the women would be sympathetically received back in their village and that our donation would help to cover some of their losses.
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