Baptism!

Shawn's baptized!

Let me start from the beginning of yesterday:

Not only did I break the zipper on my dress by accident, but as we were cooking breakfast, the kitchen was filling up with smoke. We found out early that Brother Gale wasn't able to fill up the font in the morning, so we had to be at the church early enough to start the water. 

As we were driving to the church, we realized that Shawn's last name might've been spelled wrong on his programs. So we started a crazy texting frenzy to a bunch of people to change the programs. After we realized it would probably just be easier to go straight to the source, Shawn told us it was spelled right. Phew!

We started filling up the font with hot water, and right before sacrament meeting started we turned on the cold, agreeing to check it every 20 minutes. It had only filled up about 1/4 of the way, so we figured it would be okay. As soon as the sacrament hymn started, Sister Meeks wanted to check the font, but I was like, "Ah, but sacrament's just begun, let's just wait until they're done." As soon as the sacrament was done, we went and opened the font doors. To our horror, it was almost overflowing. Seriously-- it was like half an inch away from flooding. Turns out we didn't really take into account the fact that it was filling up like ten times faster than before. After shouting nonsensical words, I reached over and shut off the faucets. We stood there, not knowing what to do. After an initial panic, we went to the kitchen. We spent about 10 minutes scooping out water with pitchers when we realized it wasn't going to help much. After braving the idea of turning on the septic pump to see if it would help, it slowly began to drain. We waited through the rest of sacrament meeting until it was at a non-floody depth.

So lesson learned: listen to your companion. She's probably right.

As soon as the baptism started, we were calm and excited. Brother Ryan Smith gave a talk on the ordinance and importance of baptism, and as soon as he started talking I could feel the Spirit. Brother Williams followed with a talk on the Holy Ghost, and after that... the baptism! You could tell as Brother Ryan Smith walked into the water it was cold (whoops?), but Shawn was smiling so big and he was just so excited. As soon as he came up out of the water the Spirit washed over everyone. It was so amazing. 

It's been so awesome to watch Shawn's progression. I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for him next, and I know it will be just awesome! 

Well, that was my awesome Sunday. I love you all, and please tell me the miracles in your lives!

Love,

Sister Singleton