Sunday, March 28, 2021

Leon's Baptism

We are so happy and proud of Leon for choosing to be baptized.  With three older siblings he was looking forward to this day for a long time.
We have Covid restrictions in place we were limited to ten people including ourselves.  Along with the eight of us the bishop and primary president maxed out our attendance.  It was honestly very different feeling not to have the support of family and ward members present.  Everything felt super low key.  Tucker and Penelope did a great job giving talks, and I was excited to be an official witness for the first time.    

We invited family to join over zoom, and I think most people showed up on there.  I don't think they could hear very well, but it was nice to know that they were there to watch and support Leon.  Living in Japan even without Covid we wouldn't have had much family come, but through zoom even more people were able to watch.
Leon was a little nervous, but not too much.  He is a really easy going child.  We don't have a font in our church building so we use the Chapel of Hope, which is the non-denominational base church building.  It is the same place Scarlett and Penelope were baptized at.
  Once we finished we headed home and ate CTR cookies.  
For me it was the easiest baptism to plan and carry out.  I am really happy for Leon.