God's biggest surprise of the day...

The older sister of Fabiola, Mauricio, & Angel has been staying with us since Sunday. Andrea lives in an orphanage outside of town that is a completely agnostic if not atheist environment and therefore has had very little exposure to the gospel. Today the Holy Spirit softened her heart and God called her into 'the body'!

After breakfast this morning Fabiola, Joyce, and myself sat at the table with Andrea and shared the good news with her. We went slowly, a step at a time, beginning in Garden and culminating with Christ's gift on the cross. God had ripened her for us...she was ready and proclaimed her desire to invite Jesus into her heart and to begin to learn to live her life for Him!  When we told her of the party all the angels in heaven were having for Andrea she beamed from ear to ear! What a glorious gift from God this was.

But that's not all...we told her about baptism and the significance of it and told her to think about it and make a decision on her own whether or not she thought she should be baptized. After lunch she told us she wanted to make that public commitment! So, not only did we get the thrill of seeing her invite Jesus into her heart and life, we also got to baptize her!  WHAT A GREAT CHRISTMAS!!!

Getting ready to go under with our 'witness' close by!

Jasmine, our retriever puppy, confirms the old has passed away!

Andrea  comes up a  new creation & Jasmine lays 'paws' on her!

Praise the Lord for the gift of a precious soul!!!