All right. What are we saying?
- This is episode 22 or 23? - 22? ...3.
Welcome to episode 23!
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We are in the Jordan River... Yardenit.
This is where Rhoda was baptized when she was?
- (Rhoda) 11. - (Sergio) Wow!
And I was baptized when I was 14.
And today is a special event
because my sister, at the age of 12,
has decided to follow Christ in baptism.
So, it's a very special event for the family
and a few members from the church as well.
So, we hope that you like this episode.
It's definitely very special and personal to us.
(Sergio) Give it your finger. Use your finger.
This is not the same spot where John the Baptist
would baptize people in the New Testament.
That spot is about a 3 hours' south drive from here,
but the same river.
But we are at the very beginning of the Jordan River.
The dam of the Lake of Galilee is right here,
and the water comes out of it and it flows into the Jordan River.
This is the start of it. We are at the top of the Jordan River.
(Rhoda) Yep, we are.
- Okay. Let's go swim. - All right.
No. No!
Babe, they're gonna eat me!
(singing)
So, this is the official baptism site of Israel.
You've got a shop, right above here,
where you can buy the white clothes for the pastor,
for the person who gets baptized.
They've got a place here for the congregation to sit
and pray and witness the baptism.
The pastor is gonna go into the water.
The pastor is my father-in-law, Suhail.
This is a wonderful event.
And right after this, we're gonna go up and have a barbecue.
So, stay and watch this event with us.
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How do you feel?
I feel so good.
Congregation singing in Arabic and Hebrew: "This is the Day"
(Sergio singing) ...the Lord has made
♪ We will rejoice ♪
♪ We will rejoice and be glad in it ♪
♪ And be glad in it ♪
Congregation singing in Arabic: "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus"
(Suhail) I baptize you, my sister Sawsan,
in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
(cheers and applause)
Congregation singing in Arabic: "Jesus Set Me Free from Satan's Slavery"
Amen.
All right. Upon her faith testimony
and upon her obeying the command of the Lord Jesus,
I baptize you, my daughter Joy,
in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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So, that was it. That was the baptism of Joy and Sawsan.
It was very exciting and very beautiful.
And now we are going to celebrate with some kebabs?
Yes, barbecue.
- Barbecue. Kabobs. - Israeli style.
Wow. I can't wait.
We're going to the north of TIberias.
Are you excited?
Oh, yes. Me too. I can't wait.
By the way, this is Timothy from Toronto, Canada.
Hello, hello. Nice to meet you all.
And he's here teaching English in Nazareth.
Yeah. It is a lot of fun.
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(waves lapping)
(chanting)
(non-English praying)