What hinders me?

in the book of acts chapter 8, verse 36, the eunuch asked Philip after they saw some water, "See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?" Philip had just preached Jesus to this man. Philip replies in vs. 37, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And the man replied, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."


Today, we gathered at the beach to baptize 5 people that had come to faith in Jesus.
It was spontaneous as the account in Acts. "What hinders me?" a few asked...
Our reply, "Nothing, as long as you believe."
Their response, "See here, there is water" (and lots of it on Okinawa)
Our reply, "Praise God, let's do it!"


And we did... and what a blessed day it was. All that morning it was raining. But when we got to the beach, God held back the rain (just for these guys!) - we had a glorious time in worship and then celebrating this wonderful step of obedience in faith. Of course, you old timers know that as soon as we were done... guess what? Yup, it rained. I chuckled inside. Many a miracle God has done with the CCO, the rain and Araha Beach.
First was Andrew. He was smiling the whole time, ear to ear, even though the water was burrrr!

Then his lovely wife, Jaci. Jaci gave her heart to Jesus recently. What a great day for them both!

The guys prayed for the guys. We look forward to seeing all that God has planned for them.