i now know what the saying “my heart is so full” means.
at
this moment my heart is full.
our
oldest boy chose to get baptized yesterday
and
become a member of our church.
we
are not only proud of the choice he made
but
for whom he is.
makai
hasn’t had it easy.
the
two things I love most about Makai is,
his
determination and obedience.
yesterday
when we got to the chapel to start setting up for his baptism,
he
was beaming.
his
big day had finally come.
he
watched the font fill up with water and asked me if it would be hot or cold.
he
kept asking me if it was his turn to get into his white clothes.
everyone
he walked past in the chapel he would say
“i’m
getting baptized today, do you want to come to my baptism?”
they
said of course they would,
(he
didn’t know they had already been invited.)
he
had practiced with his dad how to hold his nose and go under the water.
it
finally came to get him dressed in his perfectly white clothes.
he
was so excited,
his
smile was beaming.
he
was talking 100 miles per hour.
i had to keep telling him to calm down.
we
took a couple of photos and then his baptism
the
day he’d been waiting for was beginning.
makai
and caylin (his cousin) began with a prelude “Choose Him Again”
this
is makai’s FAVOURITE primary song.
the
big that I loved most about this is that during the song
makai
kept looking at his older cousin and they would smile together at each other.
we
began with a song and a prayer.
his
little brother and grammy said the 4th Article of Faith together.
his
cousin Kyron did a little talk on Baptism
and
then came the moment Makai was waiting for,
it
was his turn to get baptized.
i’m
pretty sure he power walked to the font and
he
would’ve jumped over the glass if he dad would have let him.
watching
him walk into that water is a sight I will never forget.
he
and his dad dressed in white clothes,
entering
the waters of baptism side by side holding hands together.
his
excitement was just beaming and radiating from his face.
i stood there and just was so proud of who he has become.
i can’t
even begin to comprehend the love that
heavenly father and heavenly mother must
have for him,
my
heart could not have been more full for him.
and
then the words began “Makai Jevan Ormsby…”
and
his moment had arrived.
i feel like it happened in slow motion when he was placed under the water.
he
almost drenched me coming out of the font
he
could not contain his pure joy that he had felt.
i hope his remembers that feeling forever and holds it close to his heart.
he
got out to me and just said
“MUM
I was so excited I was holding my nose when dad was talking because I was so
excited to go under!”
while
he was getting changed from his whites to his church clothes he asked
“do you think Uncle Mark, Papa, Nan and Pop
where there to see me get baptized?”
i told him I absolutely know they were there and
they
were just as proud of you as I am right now.
next
Braxton and aunty jessy sang
“teacher
do you love me?”
this
song is special to jevan and I because this is the song that his papa would
sing at baptisms.
and
so we wanted this to be sung at our children baptisms.
makai’s
aunty sarah spoke on the holy ghost
and
then Makai was able to receive the most special gift he would receive on his 8th
birthday.
he
has been waiting for his gift,
which felt like forever (he will tell you)
his
father in heaven would give him the gift of the holy ghost.
this
special gift will he help him throughout his life.
this
special gift will be his constant companion.
this
special gift will always keep him safe,
if
Makai lets it.
he received
this gift by the laying on of hands by his dad
and
all those people that are special to Makai.
they
were his Uncle Skye, Uncle Jardian, Grandpa, Uncle Nixon, Kyron, Uncle Hemi,
Uncle Steven, Uncle Stan, Uncle Rob and Bishop Hobby.
i’m
sure his Uncle Mark and Papa were in that circle aswell.
through
an opening I watched his little face,
eyes
tightly shut, arms folded, big smile across it,
with
hand upon hand of priesthood holders placed upon his head.
in that
moment I just could imagine the smiles across his heavenly parents face
as he
received the holy ghost and is one step closer to returning to them.
we closed
with a song and prayer.
my family
isn’t very big and live internationally
and I
was really upset about this leading up to the baptism.
but I
have been blessed with amazing friends,
they
made this day for our family stress-free.
we did
not have to worry about the food,
it was
all ready to go once the baptism was done,
the cleaned
up any messes that were made during the food,
they
made sure the drinks were topped up
they
took everything off the table and cleaned it,
they
even packed up my car.
jevan and i will
be forever grateful for them.
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