It was an evangelism meeting that’s been scheduled and cancelled 4 times before. Our last schedule seemed to be in the most illogical time yet for 33 people there was no better time. It was God’s Timing. Always in a meeting I cannot help but think about the greater possibilities if we work with Christ more fully in preparation for harvest events like this one in Nabire but in the end I realize that the Baptism harvest is just doing what God has already manifested through the role of the Holy Spirit. I yield to His Appointments.
As I’ve become accustomed to. . . there are always tremendous testimonies. This young couple had fallen away from God. They were living together outside of marriage and she is 6 months pregnant but through a series of Divine Appointments they found themselves at our meetings. She had been raised as a believer in another world religion other than Christianity but quickly said to her boyfriend, “This is the message we need to follow. Jesus is coming again and we have to be ready.” We baptized them together and then asked God’s blessing over their marriage an hour latter.
In another Divine Appointment an Indonesian folk singer and Adventist, Mr Eduard Kondologit happened to be in town and sang for the wedding, free of charge. “Edo” as he’s popularly called won a contest “Asia’s got talent.” He is bigger than life to many Indonesians. I found him to have a wonderfully humble attitude. I learned that he is running for Parliament in Jakarta in 2014. Perhaps he will be able to use his amazing voice to shape government “for such a time as this.”
Mr “Edo” singing the Indonesian version of “Shout to the Lord.”
33 “new births”/baptisms into a new life in Jesus in Nabire
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