We just got home from a family camp get-away with our church. It's a very busy work weekend for me with four services to plan, but the kids always love going there. It's in Williams, Arizona, which is only about 40 minutes from us. We did a baptism service on Saturday morning. I wasn't planning on baptizing Micah even though he's made it very clear to me that he's accepted Jesus into his heart. I kept telling him we'd baptize him when he's a little older. In the midst of the baptisms that were happening, I sensed the strong desire to baptize him. I asked Micah if he was ready to be baptized and confirmed his acceptance of Christ. I asked Sara to run and get us a couple towels so we could dry off when we got out of the pool. As Pastor Paul was about to dismiss people, I asked if we could do one more. So Micah and I jumped in the pool, and I had the awesome privilege of baptizing him. But, I made one tragic mistake in the midst of the spontaneity... I didn't notice that Sara had not yet gotten back with the towels :-( She was not very happy with me that she missed it all. It still makes my heart sink as I write this. The church had dispersed by the time I realized what happened, but after lunch we gathered everyone around the pool again and I baptized Micah for the second time with Pastor Paul's blessing; this time with Sara present. Maybe he received a double-dose of the Holy Spirit :-) Needless to say, Sara's still working through the process of forgiveness for me, but I think it helped to do the second baptism.
Overall, the weekend went really pretty well and we're all a bit tired after the jam-packed weekend. I'll be taking Monday off for sure to recover a bit.
