We have had 36 people accept Jesus Christ into their hearts since we have all been here in El Doradito, 33 being students in our school, Cornerstone Christian Academy, so we took a trip to the river in the mountains to baptize whoever wanted to get baptized. In Honduras there are some misunderstandings about baptism. It is a big tradition for some that their children are baptized at the age of 12, saved or not. Also, some parents believe you have to be perfect or at least "cleaned up" to get baptized, an idea influenced by the strong catholic presence throughout Honduras. So Bob gave our kids baptism classes to teach them that baptism does not save us, but it is a symbol, a representation of our new birth in Jesus Christ once we have accepted Him as our Lord and Savior. We asked each child why they wanted to be baptized as we were baptizing them and all of the answers were unique but many centered around wanting to be a new creation or wanting to show their friends and family that they had Jesus living in their hearts. Baptizing these kids in groups of 5-7 at a time with the family of teachers and Bob was very humbling, it was amazing to see God working in so many little kids and changing their lives for eternity through us.
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