Baptisms in rural Uganda
Brent came back from Rubaga today with some great stories about baptisms. There were 15 people to be baptised and the only water they have around is swamp. So someone dug out a ten by ten foot hole and that's what they had to get into for the baptisms. And the people were really freaking out. The pastor asked Brent to do some of the baptisms so he started. One guy was so scared that he was rapidly sucking in air and didn't finish before he was dunked. Brent could see him with his eyes and mouth wide open under the water, arms flailing. One guy that the pastor did was so scared that he propelled himself out of the water and right into the bank of mud. Another ten year old kid was to scared to let the pastor dunk him and resisted. So the pastor had to jerk the kid up and force him down really fast. So that kid got strong armed into the baptism. Brent said he was really glad that he stepped out and let the pastor baptise the women because one woman flailed around so much that she came up bare to the waist. He said the whole experience was hilarious but the people watching were just as scared so their laughter had fear in it.