Bautismo

Six people from Los Higos were baptized on Saturday, the 26th. They were Amado, Joselito, Jose Quezada, Elvis, Carmen Luz, and Jesus. Along with those who were baptized last year, that makes 19 total baptized believers in the church.
Here are some pictures:

Joselito

Amado coming up out of the water as Jesus claps.

Isn't this a gorgeous picture of Amado?

Jesus coming out of the water, with Andre and Andre's pastor.

more knitting

Meri has been pretty concerned for a long time about the fact that they were taking the offering in church using a chipped soup bowl. So, she acquired this basket and had Laura KNIT a cover for it. This way, no one can see what a person is putting in and the coins won't slip through the sides. It made me very happy to see that one of the girls used her knitting skills to serve the church.

sewing class

On Wednesday we had our first sewing class in Los Higos. About five students came along with about ten spectators. The class is being taught voluntarily by Maribel, a lady from the community. She goes to town about twice a week to take a sewing class there, to refresh herself, and will be teaching twice a week as well. It's been so exciting to see how willing she has been to put a lot into this class already.

The girls are learning to sew with pedal machines, so the first classs was spent mostly trying to get the rythm of pedaling. We do have a few electric machines, as well, but most of the time we don't have electricity in the afternoons, anyway. I'm thinking about purchasing a small generator to be used for this class and also for Andre's activities.

In the top picture, Maribel is trying to show Yoba how to move the paper in order to control where she is stitching. The bottom photo is an example of the spectators.