On Sunday we had a baptism here Potchefstroom. Audrey, a very special young man who elders Kelem and Rodgers found near the church, was baptized by President Kwaikwai and confirmed by brother Omphile to become the newest member of the branch. The baptism and confirmation was help right after the block so there were a number of investigators present to feel the great spirit that was there.

However there was some trials. The only hose that we had was very small and leaked so it looked like the font would not be filled by the end of the meetings. So we started a bucket brigade with elders Lohmann and Perez on the buckets. Then we found that there was a big tear in the liner and President Kwaikwai went in to try and do some kind of repair to slow the leak. I am pretty sure that the church handbook of instruction does not have much on the subject of how to repair leaking fonts.

The picture on the left shows the elders helping the president out of the font after his repairs. Audrey does not look all that happy in this first picture but I am sure that it was because of all the thoughts going through his head.

Here you can see him smiling with his arm around president Kwaikwai. Elder Lohmann is on the left and elder Perez on the right. Audrey is back to his serious pose.

As you can see this is an outside font that is filled with water from the tap. There is no hot water available and it is still on the edge of winter here so the water is cold. I think president Kwaikwai is standing on his tip-toes so he can adjust a bit to the water. However the spirit was strong and I think warmed both him and Audrey. The witnesses gave the thumbs up so the ordinance did not have to be done over.