Camp Metroland... The baptism

One of the coolest things that happened in the camp was the baptism last day. Our goal was for this to be something very simple. We want people to get to know about God, salvation, life with him and then, if they want to believe they can be baptized. So, by the end of the last day we had four people wanting to take this step.

As we met at the swimming pool, I was talking to the four that want to be baptized when three more girls came up and asked if they can join. I asked them about their faith and they said they believed in Jesus for eternal life. So then we had seven. After I started explaining to the crowd what baptism meant, two more guys showed saying that are ready to be baptized too. It was great!

We started the baptism. There was so much excitement. People were shivering as they came into the water and it was not because it was cold. It was a wonderful hot day. There was just some kind of awe. One girl started crying when I asked her if she believed she would spend eternity in heaven because of Jesus' death. As I baptized the last person, one more guy came into the water. I said: I didn't think you were going to be baptized. He responded: I did not think that either. So I asked him about his faith, and he said he believed. So I baptized him.

As soon as he got out of the water, one of the guys from the American team came up saying that he wants to be baptized as well. So he came into the water. It was so cool. So simple and so meaningful. People get it, believe and are baptized. The crowd was cheering and clapping, both believers and everybody else. It was like they all got a taste of what true faith and community are like. I totally loved it.