Clay Pots ~ The Choice

Muyumba (she has 3 boys and a girl)

Raina (she has 2 little girls)

2 of the women whose husbands have not believed, Muyumba’s husband is the leader of the cargo cult in our area.

For the past 5 weeks we have taught the Tobo church what the Word of God says about Baptism. We spent much time in this topic because during the course of teaching about it, we learned that being baptized will be a huge deal in the lives of our believers. Since they will be professing to all those around them that they are believers in Jesus for the forgiveness of sins and eternal life, they most likely will receive some form of persecution and rejection from the community and their families. Some of them are afraid that they will lose their positions in the community. Some will be formerly kicked out of their old religions, and some of the women whose husbands have not believed could be beaten. Is it worth it? According to the Word of God and to many in the Tobo church, the answer is “yes”! There are a few people in town right now, when they return, the baptismal service will be scheduled for sometime in November. We will stop up a river near our house, so that we can have a place to do it.

Can you be praying for the Tobo believers? There are some who feel that this is what they need to do in order to show the community that they now believe in Jesus’ finished work. But there are others who are scared to do it. The Church will be inviting all the surrounding villages to come and see those who are desiring to do this. We do not know what will happen to the believers after the ceremony, but we can trust God to protect them and to use this to strengthen His church here in Tobo.