Calum's Baptism

Calum was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday October 2, 2016!  He was beyond excited!!

 

 

He had met with the Bishop quite regularly leading up to his baptism day.  They became well acquainted and developed a close friendship!  I love our Bishop, he is so caring and compassionate to all members of his Ward.  He spoke such nice words about Calum on his special day.  He said he has a very kind heart and is a good example.  Myrna spoke about baptism and had Calum help her stick up examples of what he promises Heavenly Father now that he is baptized and what heavenly Father promises him in return.  Jason spoke about receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost and what that means.  He had a suit of armour for Calum to wear and used the scripture from Ephesians 6 to describe what each piece of the amour meant.  Emry, Cora and Leah sang "I Love to See the Temple" and Ashton and Rachel each gave a prayer.  It was a beautiful service with the Spirit strongly present.  When the Bishop had Calum stand beside him and welcome him as the newest baptized member of the ward, Calum looked so proud. And when the Bishop told him to look at his parents who were proud of the decision he had made he got teary eyed!  Such a tender hearted boy!

I am so thankful for a husband who holds the Priesthood and could baptize our son, a truly special moment for them.  And the blessing Jared gave Calum after giving him the Gift of the Holy Ghost was one from a man full of much faith and love of the gospel.  I am also so thankful to be apart of such a wonderful family who loves Calum as much as I do.  And for my own family coming and supporting our special boy.  Even though they couldn't participate in any part of the program it was so nice to have them there to share this wonderful step in Calum's life.

After the baptism we all headed into the gym for some much needed dinner!! I had made pulled pork and Myrna made buns so we could have pulled pork sandwiches.  Emry helped me cut up veggies and arrange them like a rainbow on a platter to go along with the primary song "When I Am Baptized" and I made a yummy punch too!  It was a perfect easy meal to share with family and friends!