Feb 8 2009, is Joshua’s 8th birthday, made even more special because it is his baptism. He is to be baptized and confirmed by his father. For Norman and myself, it is a fulfillment of a promise made a long time ago that each of our children will be baptized on their birthdays. I never thought it would be hard nor would it be long.
During Mickey’s baptism, problem after problem arose as we were fetching our children from their grandparents in Zamboanga City. Which included vehicle breakdown and road block and finally reached Ozamis City at approximately 6pm. I said that the final test would be if there was NO water in the baptismal font!!! And how we were to find the baptismal font ready. So that my daughter, Cheryl Mae entered the waters of baptism on her birthday at seven in the evening with our family and Uncle Larry and Tita Wilma Jane in attendance and for Mickey it remains to be one of her most memorable spiritual experience of her life.
Justine was baptized in Marikina amid the flood and rains. We left our house while the water was slowly rising. We also had to transfer to another chapel in the stake because the water in the font of the Sumulong chapel was unclean.
