A Good Weekend

        We had a very fun-filled weekend :)  I thought we'd update you on what we've been up to lately.  First of all, the children's program (XLR8) is going really well!  We are having so much fun learning about the heroes of faith.  We have been teaching the stories through different types of dramas each week and we usually do a craft to remind them of the story.  I have been so impressed with all that the children are remembering!  Below is a picture from Friday.  We learned about the story of Gideon and the kids made trumpets!  Please pray for our XLR8 leadership team as we begin to figure out what the transition will look like once the baby comes.  We are also loosing another leader because he is going away to college soon.  It is our prayer that the Lord would lay it on other people's hearts to come and serve as our group is slowly growing.  

         On Sunday we had a baptism at church!  After church ended and everyone had morning tea, we headed down to the beach.  This baptism was especially close to our hearts because it was a friend that we've been able to spend a lot of time with.  She is in our young adult group and she is also a youth leader with us.  It has been amazing to watch her grow over the last 9 months and we were so proud of her on Sunday to take the step in obedience to the Lord and be baptized.

Here she is giving her testimony with her best friend near by to pray for her when she was done!

Here she is being baptized!  WOO HOO!!

          Also this weekend Sean learned how to surf!  We headed to the beach with 2 of our good friends after our worship class on Saturday.  There is one beach nearby that you can drive on and that is where the good surfing is.  As we were driving down the beach our friend spotted this little guy!!  Sadly he was hooked by a fisherman, dragged in and he died on the beach :(  It was really neat to be able to see one up close though!

 The waves weren't too big where we stopped the first time but they were good beginner waves for Sean.  After a few hours, we decided to head up the beach a bit to see if we could find bigger waves.  Thankfully, we did and we all had much more fun up there!  Everyone tried surfing while I paddled around on a boogie board and cheered everyone on :)  It was a really great way to spend our Saturday afternoon with good friends!