New believers...

A few days ago I met with a group of young men who told me their stories of suffering and survival. Two days later one of them returned and asked me to baptise him and give him a Christian name. He had seen my tears and was convinced that if Christians in Australia cared enough to reach out to people suffering in Sudan, then he wanted to know the loving God we profess. The next day he brought two friends, also wanting to be baptised and given new names. I explained I wasn’t here to baptise, but that Christian leaders here would teach and nurture their new faith and help them to share the story of the God who cares for the orphan, widow and refugee.