We celebrated two baptisms at the Okinawa City church plant in December.  And by celebrated I mean, they were the first ever baptisms coming out of our church plant!  We were a little weepy and smiley on the beach (you can see our shadows being cast along the bottom of the photo) as we watched and waited.

One of the perks of being on this southern island is being able to dunk people in the sea even in December, but wow! no joke, it was co-old!  We also provided some early morning bewilderment for joggers who wondered what the people singing on the beach could possibly be doing to the people in the water.  Perhaps they thought a bet was lost.  All in all it was a terrific morning.

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