Well... not too long ago something quite exciting happened in our home village...

(See... he's clapping with excitment!)

(water checking... see it is deep enough!)

Our brother who we have spent much of our time with was hum...

symbolically washed to show his family, village, and the Supyire people

how he has truly turned his back on the ways he has always know to follow the Jesus Road!

(Our brother is the one in the black & green t-shirt!)

Followers of the Jesus Road came from a neighboring village to celebrate this time with him and our family!

In keeping with all that OneStory teaches... two stories were shared while we were at the ceremony! 

Our brother even told the story of Phil & the African and ended with, "Just like this African man I now too want to be baptized to show my belief in Jesus."

It was a really sweet day! 

(That's our dad on the left with the giant bowl of mango's, then some of the SIL translators with our story crafter, then our brother and another friend from another village who came to actually do the dunking!)

While many people (over 30 adults came, both followers and not) did come to celebrate this day with our brother (see our crafter, brother, and neighbor above) their were still many more who did not. 

BUT this was still an amazing day for our brother and the Supyire!

Since this day, a little over two weeks ago, our brother has had to learn even more what it is like to walk the Jesus Road.  Our family and the people we are closest to here have always known that we will leave one day... now that we are really striving to complete our story set our time in this home village has decreased.  Just my last trip into the village our brother told me how much his life has changed since this day...  he told me of how he no longer has any friends, how he doesn't have any other believers he can be with (except Mon & I), how his name and the name of his Musl'm father is "broken", how he has been insulted and abused... and so much more...

My heart does hurt for him and for the family & village that does not know the Jesus Road we share about... please pray for our brother here... pray that through all of the many obstacles he faces the Lord would give him wisdom and grow his faith even more, that he would strive through all these many forms of persecution he now faces, that he would be bold in sharing and pointing them to the truth...  pray for our family that the Lord would work in their hearts and minds in ways they cannot deny Him...  pray for our village...