On September 6th Elizabeth and I were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. After what seemed to be the worst week of my life, it ended on a wonderful note! While Ellie and I were getting ready we kept saying "were getting BAPTIZED!!!" And jumping in the air. I thought when it would get time to get in the water I would be procrastinating like crazy. I was ready. I got in. Jonathan said the prayer and dunked me. When I came out of the water before I opened my eyes I asked "Did I go under all the way?" I heard about 15 yeses and opened my eyes and hugged Jonathan. Jokingly I pretended to push him underwater. HE FELL IN! So I can now joke Jonathan baptized me... but I baptized him too. I will paste the program on here so you can all see the order of events. Thank you to Becky and all those who prepared food for the lovely picnic after and all the nice gifts and notes! They are deeply appreciated.
I was confirmed Sunday morning by my Grandpa Hilton. I don't know how many people ended up in my circle but I'm guessing 10 lol! I had only asked 5 I believe. It's good to know so many people care about me and wanted to be in my circle. Their hands were heavy! I prayed "oh grandpa please don't take too long." It was short and sweet. Even though it was short he said a lot. I'm so happy he got this opportunity. After the hands were laid off my head I felt happy. During sacrament several of my family members got up and bore their testimony. Jonathan kept poking me to go up. I did the indescribable! With out thinking my body just kind of stood up and walked up. I said "Well.... I guess the Holy Ghost is kicking in because he told me to come up here". The congregation laughed and I knew I had them in the palm of my hands.
Here are some pics of the baptism. Thank you to my dear friend Nila for taking these!
Here is the program:
Welcome to the Baptisms of:
Elizabeth Wendy Elwood
Kimberly Athena Bradbury
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 6:30 p.m.
Presiding: Brother Dan Roth
Conducting: Brother Bowles
Pianist: Kim Dennis
Chorister: Lauri Hubbard
Opening Hymn: “When I am Baptized”
Accompanied by Nancy Bradbury
Invocation: Lindsey Bradbury
Missionary Testimony: Elder De Witt
Talk about Baptism: Becky Elwood
Baptism of Elizabeth Wendy Elwood
Performed by Aaron Elwood
Witnesses: Lon Elwood and Joe Bradbury
Baptism of Kimberly Athena Bradbury
Performed by Jonathan Bradbury
Witnesses: Joe Bradbury and Andrew Lund
Presentation by the Missionaries
Talk about the Holy Ghost: Nila Smith
Missionary Testimony: Elder Paongo
Welcome to Relief Society: Annette Johnson
Closing Hymn: “Be still my soul”
Benediction: Laura Bradbury
Confirmation of Elizabeth Wendy Elwood
Confirmation of Kimberly will be in Sacrament
Meeting tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m.
1 comments:
Congratulations. We are sorry we could not be there for your big day, but we were with you in spirit.
Happy Day.
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