Temple Baptistry

On Tuesdays and Saturdays we get to be in the Baptistry. A group of people from our ward in Fort Madison came in last Saturday. It was sweet to see familiar faces and get hugs from our new friends. One of the best parts of the day was seeing someone who had joined the Church eight months ago. He baptized a new member he helped teach and just joined the Church the last week. We already love these good people! 

Our beautiful font

We've been told this oval font is the largest temple baptismal font in the Church. Last week when we were all trained and no patrons had been scheduled, they let us do baptisms in it for our ancestors. That was a great experience because usually only the youth get to do baptisms here. 

As you probably know, the oxen represent the Twelve Tribes of Israel. We heard about someone who came in and named each ox--in order. We do good to come up with half their names and have no idea of the order.

The stained glass picture the people see when they leave the font


On another note, we were trying to remember if we'd been here two weeks or three. It felt like two, but we've attended our ward three times (this was before last weekend). Then we realized we've been here a month. We got here April 18! A few days later was Easter and we attended church in Nauvoo. Time is going by very quickly.

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