Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Tarek's Baptism

So on November 30th my handsome, sweet little man made the choice to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!  It is crazy to me that he is 8! He had the choice to get baptized earlier either in October or early November, but because of pumpkins his Grandma and Grandpa Beck were going to have a hard time coming.  So he decided to wait a little in order for them to be here. It was such a super special day and because he waited we were also able to have a few cousins make it up here with the Thanksgiving Holiday. 
For a kid who really hates getting his pictures taken he was a very good sport that day :)
For one of the talks that day my Dad gave a talk on the Gift of the Holy Ghost.  In the talk he told the two boys getting baptized that if they share their Testimonies that they will be able to feel the spirit and since the following day was fast Sunday he challenged them to stand and share their testimonies.
Tarek took this to heart (which means he was actually listening!) and stood up on Sunday and shared his wonderful testimony! It was the first time he has every had the courage to get up, and I loved getting to hear him share.  What a great example he is to his sisters and friends.
Love you Tarek! We are super proud of you and your choice.





 
(Cousins that where there: Kanyon, Kaydra, Timberlyn, Miranda, Iriel, Kalli, Shylee, Tarek, Dreyken, Sage and Riley)


4 comments:

Traci said...

Congrats Tarek! Wish we could have been there! We Love You!! :)

Jackie said...

So glad we could be there. Love that little man!! AND he does take good pictures:)

Jake and Jana said...

Love that we could come and support him on his special day!

FitzSimmons Times said...

I'm glad we could be there too! What a good example he is to everyone. What a great kid! Love you T-man!