It's Great to Be Eight!

Matthew has waited for this day for a long time! He was so excited to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

I know that he was ready. He read the whole Book of Mormon before so he could decide whether or not this is what he wanted to do. He prayed about it and decided that he knew the church was true and wanted to take this first step back to his Heavenly Father.

When Andy had his surgery we weren't sure if he would be able to baptize and confirm Matthew. Matthew really wanted his dad to baptize him. So we postponed the baptism for a week and decided together that if his dad wasn't able to do it then grandpa would. Heavenly Father answers prayers and it was a miracle that Andy was able to perform this special ordinance for Matthew. There was some confusion (mainly voiced by children) as to why there was another guy in the font. The Bishop had approved someone else being in there to help Andy. Matthew wanted his old primary teacher Brother Pedigo and he was kind enough to aide Andy by holding his IV out of the water. (No, that cute fanny pack is not a fashion statement!)

Matthew set up a great program. He had me speak on Baptism and then he had his Grandma Lay speak on the Holy Ghost. It was fun to be able to share some of my thoughts with him on his special day and let him know how proud I was of him.

Matthew had alot of support at his baptism. There were a lot of friends and family that came to enjoy this special day with him.

Some of those people were his Grandma Jeppsen from Utah,

and Grandpa and Grandma Lay.

We are so proud of you Matthew!

Congratulations!!