I had a neat experience today at the temple that I had to write down. It was getting close to the end of my time there for the day when an older couple walked in. I immediately thought they were a cute sight to see, I was in the font at the time so I lost sight of them for awhile while they were being confirmed. Then they came walking into the font area, I was asked to baptize him and then let him baptize his wife. They had brought in a stack of personal names to be done, it was a struggle to baptize him as he was a little older and a little heavyset. Once I was done baptizing him I left the font to watch him baptize his wife. She reminded me of Aunt Dot a little shorter though.
The first time he tried to baptize her she didn’t go all the way under, so he had to do it again. This repeated a few times as she couldn’t quite get under the water all the way, it was cute as he would make some suggestions on how to make it work better. She would smile and say, “this time we will get it.” The best part was the name they were doing was Mary, and she would say as if she was talking to Mary, “we are going to get it right this time.” Finally after about 10 tries the got it. It was such a neat experience to see this old and tired couple putting their all in to help their ancestors. The Temple is a great place to be.
Comments:
Mom said…
Thanks for sharing, that sounds like a touching experience. It’s good to write them down. Glad you have such a neat opportunity to be in the temple.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:48:21 AM
Steph said…
That is so awesome. I am glad you share your temple experiences with us. I bet Mary was so excited, she probably thought they were diligent too.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:01:26 AM
Anne said…
What a neat reminder of the blessings of the temple. I am so glad there are people that take their time to do temple work. I am sure Mary is thrilled.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:10:36 PM
Jana said…
What a neat experience you got to have..I love to watch older couples they make me smile when they show their love for each other. They seemed to have a great love for each other to put up with that much for Mary! I would have been cursing Ryon I am bit like grandma I think! Poor guy!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:12:47 PM
Amy Baldwin said…
That is a cute story. It’s members like that who make the work successful.
Sunday, May 18, 2008 3:06:56 PM