jacob's baptism

Jacob got baptized today! He was sooooooo very excited! He was the only one from our ward getting baptized that day, so we had the whole service to ourselves. Jacob asked Jared and Brother Wunderlich (his primary teacher) to give the talks. Bro. Wunderlich had a great object lesson to go with his talk on the Holy Ghost -- he poured milk over a bowl of rice krispies and asked Jacob to listen for the snap, crackle, pop. It was easy to hear, but he had to be quiet and listen closely. Then he told Jacob to go stand at the back of the room and listen again. This time he couldn't hear the snap, crackle, pop. We learned that listening to the Holy Ghost, a still small voice, requires us to listen closely. We can best hear the Holy Ghost when we are living our lives according to God's commandments, kind of like being close to the bowl. When we aren't keeping the commandments, we have a hard time hearing the Holy Ghost, kind of like being at the back of the room.
Ryan played "Army of Helaman" on the piano for the musical number and Mark, of course, did the baptism and confirmation. Aunts, uncles and grandparents filled the other parts of the program. Jacob was very spiritually prepared for his baptism and excited to make new covenants with Heavenly Father. It was a really nice service.
Afterwards, we had everyone over for lunch. We are so glad that so many cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents could join us -- what a wonderful day!!