baptism

elizabeth's baptism was this last saturday, and it was interesting to say the least.

she was supposed to have her interview with the bishop the tuesday prior, but as my sister stephanie was here, i completely forgot (whoops!) so, we rescheduled for friday evening. when i get her there, she was too embarrassed(?) to talk to the bishop (i'm not sure what the problem was. it could have been her anxiety coming out, or something else.) he had to put his bag on the desk and "hide" behind it. so, the bishop handed me the list of questions she needed to answer, and i asked them to her. when we started, she wouldn't talk at all, then she would sign, and by the end she was talking and joking around. the bishop said it was the easiest interview he'd ever done (and probably the strangest!).

the primary presidencies like to do a little spotlight on the kids that are getting baptised that day. i had already talked with the president and let her know that chances of elizabeth joining her on the stand were not good. we could attempt it, but i didn't think she'd do it. the president didn't even ask her to go up. (have i mentioned how grateful i am for understanding leaders and friends?)

elizabeth was the only one from our ward getting baptised this month, and i thought that was probably a good thing. i was really concerned that with all the new unknown people that we would have problems. i was right. i had to sit up front with her the entire time prior to the baptisms. as she was the only on from our ward, i was hoping things would go a little smoother. then, the high councilman in charge combined our ward with the other one. it didn't go well. i had to push her across the front of the room, and into the font entrance. than she collapsed on the floor. my mom and i talked, and decided to see if we could get the other ward to do theirs first, and then we would try again.

we were able to get her into the font room, and then she balked again. my mom walked her down 2 steps before she willingly took matt's hand and walked the rest of the way down. after that, it was pretty normal.

as i said, interesting.