(A story as told by
another missionary serving with Micah)
This was a funny
experience last Saturday evening. Elder Putnam and his companion, in
preparing for 2 baptisms, actually forgot to turn the faucet on in the
baptismal font and it takes several hours to fill!
So when they got
there, they went into panic mode to get the font filled with enough water to
baptize. Luckily those being baptized were a 13 yr old boy (who looks 10
or 11) and an 11 year old girl, so they didn't need to fill the font to
capacity.
Still, they enlisted
the kids that were there to help and they all thought it was a fun
activity.
We had just driven 2
1/2 hrs from Miri so we didn't arrive for the 7pm baptism until about 7:20 and
this is what we found, so after taking a video, we entered into the rush to get
it ready. If you look closely, you can see one of the kids even dropped
his large bowl in the water and had to climb down to retrieve it.
Elder Putnam was
practically soaking wet with sweat but at least he had a smile on his
face. He had me use his camera to take a longer video, but I don't know
if he'll be able to send that home any time soon. I thought his family
would get a kick out of this. It was pretty hilarious, but not unusual in
East Malaysia!
Mom
PS I also
attached a photo of the 2 who got baptized with the Elders..... after
everything calmed down.
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