You see, we baptized a wonderful gift from God on this day; his name is Caleb Rongbo Schmitz.
Not a day goes by that I don't thank God for giving me Robby & Caleb. They make life full and beyond worth living! They are the essence of life and they remind me of that fact every. single. day.
Just earlier today, I looked out the front window and there were, to the best of my counting abilities, 10 kids out in the front yard. Now, I can account for a good percentage of them; Robby & Caleb, the two lads that I pick up from school on Tuesday and Thursday, Max & Jack, and the two brothers from across the road, Titus and Tobin. Oh, and our little neighbor dude, Ryan. The other 3? Dunno...
But, cool non-the-less! Turns out one of them was Titus and Tobin's little sister Trista. She was a delight to have around and as Robby put it, "I love that she came over too! Dad, she's LEGIT!".
Can't beat that!
Anyway... back to baptism Sunday. It was a great day that was a LONG time in the making. Let's have a look at some pics, shall we?
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| Two gorgeous characters before we left for services. |
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| Photobomb by DAAAAAAAAADDDDDDD!!!!!! |
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| The eldest. |
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| The younger.... |
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| A nervous Chinaman awaiting services to begin! |
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| The ever lens-pleasant Robby, giving a nice pre-service grin. |
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| Speaking of lens-pleasant.... the often imitated but never duplicated, JB! Grandpa Jim in his regal splendor! |
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| Cuteness personified!!! |
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| Nervous boy with his daddy. |
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| The mobile chaos unit with some questionable characters in the background! |
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| Getting ready for the big moment. |
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| That's MY BOY, right there!!!! |
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| Apprehensive Caleb and his supportive family. |
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| The big moment! The bigger thing about the moment itself is that I got to baptize the lad! I wanted too. He wanted me to do it as well, and Noah, the other fella in the photos, had requested to do the baptism as he and I had played guitar together in a previous worship based band. I asked if I could do the baptism myself and no worries, done deal. I would describe that as a powerful moment and was imagining the moment of John the baptist in the Jordan river with Jesus... JESUS! Yes, that one!!! |
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| The big moment from some friends' camera. |
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| Calebber getting the mark of the cross with Holy water from my friend Noah Ruppert! |
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| Caleb with Grandma Elaine, Grandpa Jim & Grandma Marlene in one of my favorite photos... possibly ever! |
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| On top of all of that, it was the kids weekend to sing! Calebber is in the bottom left and Rob is one striped shirt away from the upper right. |
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