On our way to the Bible adventures camp the leaders team was supposed to replan the camp, with my injury and the Kozlovskas leaving in mid camp for a funeral we thought we might have to redo the planning at least for the second day where they would be gone.
We did however get side tracked by the girls wanting to know more about baptism so Archie held an in depth Bible study on the subject while I did a historical review on the Salvation Army stance on baptism. At the end of the trip the remained convinced that they wanted to go through with a water baptism and asked me if I would do it.
This has gotten me into trouble before but I felt led by the spirit to say yes, and I felt God say that it would be a great witness of him to our [[cadre]].
So on wednesday night (A whole day dedicated to the adventures of Jonah) we stole away with some friends in the late evening right after the leaders meeting to have our baptism.
The sun had just gone down and the wind was picking up, as we got ready to leave the rain started falling, I asked the girls if they wanted to postpone but they where adamant to go through with it no matter the weather.
We arrived at the beach and waded out into the water, the cold waves splashing about us, the wind wipping cold rain into our faces. We started with prayin, my prayer was that Jesus would warm us by His spirit and that he would calm the storm.
After that the sea turned warm, I could feel no rain nor wind and we had a wonderful baptism where the spirit spoke gently in the stillness of the newly circumcised hearts of believers. It was beautiful.
Back up on the beach we realized that it was still raining and blowing cold winds. Had Jesus really calmed the storm or did the spirit just shield us and warm our hearts? We will never know. But the Lord was there and he blessed us mightily with a night we shall never forget.
