Goldie's baptism was extra special for a few reasons.
1. She was baptized by a very special person: her father, just as her siblings were before her.
2. She got to be baptized in a special dress: her grandmother made it, and her mother was baptized in it almost 30 years ago. Her aunt Angela and her big sister Didi also wore it for their baptisms. Isn't that nice?
3. She had some very special missionary guests at her baptism: Grandma and Grandpa Elkins were given permission to leave their duties in Virginia for a couple of days to come up for the special event. We LOVED having them here!!!
(We also really appreciated the support from several members of the ward, who came to the service. The full-time missionaries were also present, along with 3 investigators. It was so nice to have a group there to support our family.)
4. She had a very special service: talks were given by her grandparents, prayers were given by Shark and Didi, and we had a VERY special musical number: Goldie asked to sing a duet with me, her mom! She chose to sing "I Love to See the Temple", and sang the whole first verse solo, and we sang the second verse together. It was really sweet!
It was definitely a very special day for Goldie, and for all of us. I, for one, had to concentrate really hard on not crying during the song we sang together, and barely choked out the closing words, "a family is forever." Awesome.
5 comments:
So great that your folks were able to come. That is a special dress indeed!!! Sorry we missed it but are very glad you and your sweet family have moved here to be a part of our ward.
We should have delayed our trip a month so we could have been there for it. That's so nice your parents were able to come up, it sounds like it was a really special day, as a baptism day should be.
LOVE the post and LOVE the pictures!!! I Wish we could have been there!!! She looks so radiant and happy!!!
We're glad she was able to get baptized near her birthday and not have to put it off. So glad her other grandparents were able to come!!!
What a great post! You've got such a wonderful family!
Oh, I love that special dress! And I love special days like these. They are the best. That is so wonderful that her dad could baptize her. It is a huge blessing.
xo -E
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