Our hearts are
bursting with joy as we’ve just had an amazing church conference over
the weekend in the region of Lapoc! This was a regional conference, so most of
the 1008 people attending were believers from the Lapoc region, although there
was a delegation of about 50 of the new believers from the Man-ai region which
thrilled all of us so much! God has greatly blessed the work there which has
only been going for just over one year!! We had great messages from the Word
from 5 different speakers and beautiful times of praise and worship.
It was one of the
best conferences we’ve had so far in Lapoc, organized totally by the leadership
of the Lapoc church with no input from us. They built a unique, outdoor
baptismal which we saw for the first time when we arrived for the conference,
so this time we held the baptisms at the church and didn’t need to make the big
trek to the river. The mothers with small children and the older people were
especially thankful for this!
There were 77
baptisms, and it was a thrill to see many young people who have grown up in the
churches in the Lapoc Region, eagerly seeking baptism and desiring to follow
the Lord! There is a real spiritual fire burning amongst the youth in all the
regions!
We got to catch up
with dear friends and family in the Lord, have precious times of fellowship
over meals, laughter and some tears but mostly just heaps of JOY!
