Yasmine's Baptism

Today we attended the baptism of our great niece, Yasmine. She is the daughter of our niece, Sylvia, who passed away about a year ago. The missionaries have been teaching her and she decided she was ready to be baptised. We are proud of her for making this important decision. Her uncle baptised her. Her dad and the elders (or part of the elders) are in the picture also.

This is her with her brother and sisters and her Auntie (that they live with).

These are some of her cousins at the baptism.

My oldest son gave the talk on baptism and my oldest daughter gave the talk on the Holy Ghost. They both did a great job. The daughter got a little emotional while she was speaking. When she was finished, her cousin, the smallest one in the picture above, climbed on her lap and asked her why she was crying while she was talking. She told her it was because she was scared. I personally think it was because she felt the spirit or perhaps because she is pregnant. This cousin was really concerned about the tears and kept asking my daughter questions about her emotions.

After the baptism we went to my sister-in-law's house to eat dinner. This same cousin sat down by my youngest daughter and rather than calling her by her name kept referring to her as "the one who didn't cry". It was pretty funny. She also told us some other funny things that aren't very blog appropriate. We enjoyed her entertainment.

Today I am grateful for

dinner cooked by someone else.

baptisms and the spirit that I feel during them.

the support and love of an extended family.

One year ago today - Has anyone seen my son?