The vow - Blogabond

I can see now that God has unexpectedly led me to this place at the right time to be baptized in a river in the Amazon basin of Peru! At the airport yesterday I was met by Jose, a pastor here and good friend of Alex, the pastor I'll be working with on behalf of A Rocha. Jose just happens to speak good English (rare among pastors here), and shortly after arriving I learned about the baptism Jose would be performing today. We had much time to talk over the course of about 24 hours, including staying up until around 3 AM this morning discussing my life, faith and decision to pledge my commitment to God through the symbol of the baptism ceremony.

Afterwards, I learned that I just happened to arrive here for 3 days at the time of the first baptism he would perform in the river here in over 2 years!

Canto (edge) del Rio Cumbaza -> Cancum

Jose was greatly inspired by a visit from A Rocha a couple of weeks ago, and has plans to enlist the support of the youth here to generate greater environmental awareness and activism. In the sermon this morning, Alex preached at length about biblical injunctions to care for all creation.

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and Earth and does not live in temples built by hands.

Acts 17:24

written by

cjones on December 9, 2007 from Tarapoto, Peru

from the travel blog: so-journ

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Hey Cliff, this is wonderful! I am excited to hear more of this experience.

written by Todd Smith on December 17, 2007

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