Lindsey's Baptism

Well, yesterday was the day ... Lindsey was baptized. I could not believe that she was 8 years old. We had enlarged a picture of her blessing and it seems like that was just yesterday. In the picture, she was sitting in our $5 thrift store rocking chair that was ugly the day we got it and just as ugly the day it finally broke down and could be repaired no longer.

We had severe tornado watches in our area last night and it came close to having to call off the baptism. The Ward Mission Leader's wife was afraid for him to come up and fill the font. There was flooding and huge downpours along with the winds, and it did actually touch down in quite a few places in Memphis, Jackson, and a little town just about 10 miles south of us ... but we were rather torn. Jonathan's parents were here and leaving the next day and then Jonathan will be out of town starting Thursday until Sunday so doing it on Saturday was not an option either, so we decided to have faith and just do it, and it turned out wonderful. We had not the number in attendance we expected, but there were quite a few brave souls who came out and supported Lindsey, including her best friend and her teacher at school. She looked beautiful, said she felt wonderful, and it was a very special evening.