Baptism Day at Temibisa

It seems I only blog about Primary these days although there have been several trips and interesting experiences since my last posting that I just haven't been able to get to. But today really was special and I wanted to share. Two of my primary children were baptized and it was such a special occasion. Last week in primary the little girl, Katleho, invited me to give a talk at her baptism the next week. I was so excited and I was very honored because this is our first Primary baptism since we have been attending Tembisa. I later learned that her brother, Mpho, was also to be baptised that day. These two are such great children. I found with talking to the missionaries during the week that they are not really sibling, but cousins. Katleho lives with Mpho and his mother. Also I learned that Mpho is 12 and Katleho is 11 so it was considered a convert baptism. The missionaries have been teaching them and I knew nothing about it.

I knew it would be a hectic day because I would have primary to myself again (But Elder Wells came in to help me, thankfully) and I needed to give out the parts for the primary program. Since we are never sure who will be at primary, I had to change some of the names on the parts I had written and give them to the children who were there today. It was a crazy time sorting it all out. In the meantime I had Elder Wells taking a picture of each child holding a name tag so that I can keep trying to learn their names and connect them with those beautiful faces. (Pronouncing the names is another story!)

I baked all morning Saturday to make refreshments and spent the rest of the day preparing the visuals for the talk on Baptism that I would give. During Primary I asked the children to stay if they could and sing a baptism song during the service and they were willing. It was such fun to have a part in making this a good day for Mpho and Katleho and to have the other chldren be a part of it all. Here are a few who were having a cookie after the baptism.

Here are Katleho, Mpho, and their mother. So beautiful! It really was a lovely experience and I'm so glad to have been a part of this important occasion!