We are so blessed to live in this beautiful area and have the Susquehanna River right here. When we were moving here we talked to the kids about all the church history places and events that took place close by to where we were going to live. One of those events was that Joseph Smith and many of the early saints were baptized in the Susquehanna River. Of course, we don't know the exact place, but it is the same river. The bishop in the ward when Josh got baptized asked if Josh wanted to get baptized in the river. Being the end of October, Josh said no, but Andrew was all for it. I tried talking him out of it. After all he was born in March and it often snows in March, but he wanted to do it no matter what I said. We had the most perfect, beautiful day you can imagine. It was 75 degrees out. He was so excited he could hardly stand still.
As I said, it was March and even though the day was beautiful and even most of the week before was nice the water was still cold. As you can see in the picture he's trying to catch his breath. He said later that after he swallowed he was okay.
This is a picture of Curtis and Andrew's wet footprints as they headed back to the car side by side to change. The Conformation took place right next to the water under a tree. It was such a wonderful service. We are so grateful to all the family and friends who came to support Andrew in his choice to be baptized. He is such a wonderful child. We are so blessed to have him in our family. He is a great kid and we are truly proud of him!
