Baptisms

I’ve gone to do baptisms at the temple since I was in college and got a recommend. I had never really wanted to go through the temple and receive my endowments, but one Saturday as I stood in the temple, I knew it was what I needed to do.  My roommates were all coming for our roommate reunion and I asked them if they cared if during our reunion, we went to the temple.  Of course since they had been wanting me to do it forever, they were all super excited.  So the month before I was set to go to the temple, our ward had a baptism trip to the temple.  It seemed perfectly normal to me, that the last time I did baptisms before going through the temple would be a big deal.  I asked Will if he would come to baptize me for the last time (even though technically it wouldn’t be my last time).  Will and I actually met at the temple during a ward trip to go do baptisms, so I found it more than fitting that I would want him there with me.  I was extremely grateful that Will and Emily took time out of their busy Saturday to come to the temple with me, for the last time I would do baptisms, an event I totally made up and that no one else would even recognize!  In fact, people in the temple didn’t understand why or what I was wanting done.  But it was a big deal to me and I’m grateful for friends who support me, even when its completely nonsensical.  They are the best!