Zechariah's baptism

Zechariah was baptized on Sunday after Christmas Day, December 26th, 2010 by his Daddy, Gary Griesmyer

Our beautiful family on this very special day!

Can you see the tears in my eyes? He's my baby! I was SO pleased and choked up that I couldn't even smile right!

We had a lot of family and friends there to support him on this big decision to become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His program was beautiful. His uncle Ken Griesmyer played the piano. Nanner Griesmyer gave the opening prayer. Grandma Hardin (Johnson) conducted the music, Uncle Scott Johnson gave a talk on baptism. His cousin Hannah Griesmyer and I sang a duet, "A Child's Prayer", his 2 grandfathers were the witnesses as he was baptized by his dad, his uncle Will Griesmyer gave a talk on the Holy Ghost, and his PaPaw Johnson gave the closing prayer. All the present family members who carried the priesthood plus our bishop, Farrel Martin, stood in the circle to confirm him a member of the church. The spirit was so strong. The outpouring of love from our friends and family members was amazing to behold. The shear volume of our family there on both sides and their participation in the baptismal program was truly a blessing. I was amazed and overwhelmed by the power that our 2 families possessed. We are a united force! We are one in purpose, goals, dreams, aspirations. We were there to help bring another soul unto Christ and into His kingdom. Isn't that amazing? I was in awe the whole time. I felt the love of Christ, of family, of friends, and of community stronger that day than I have in a very long time. I am so happy for my little man. I know this may sound funny and you may not believe it but he is different. He is calmer. He is more patient. He is more responsible. (I'll blog more about that later)

The Holy Ghost is real. Jesus is the Christ, our Savior and Redeemer.