Elizabeth was baptised on April 12, 2009 by our senior pastor at Korean Christian Church in Denver, Colorado. This day was also Easter Sunday.
One week after we had Elizabeth, we heard that the Korean Ministry was having a large baptism, including infant dedications on Easter Sunday. Since the English Ministry was without a permanent pastor at that time, we decided to have Elizabeth baptised on Easter Sunday by Pastor Song. Two weeks after giving birth, we started baptism classes on Friday nights for 2.5 hour for the next four weeks. On the first Friday class, Tim and I went to class by ourselves. This was our first separation from the baby. My mom, who had come for the baby's arrival, stayed with us for three weeks and helped us tremendously during this time. In the following classes, we brought Elizabeth with us. At this point in her life, all she did was eat, sleep, and poop. Thus, she was a good student in class and didn't make a peep.
Elizabeth was baptised along with three other young children, as well as several teenagers and adults. She, of course, was the youngest. For the most part, she slept through all the activities while we were at church. There was one short period during the baptism in which she was awake. I gave her a pacifier so that she wouldn't cry in front of everyone and that made her fall back asleep. For this reason, all her pictures show her with her eyes closed.
My brother David flew in from Chicago to witness this event and brought Elizabeth a ballerina bunny in a purple tutu for her first Easter and a special baptism picture frame to commemorate the day.
-S
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