Life Essay: The Best Night Of My Life

On a snowy Saturday night we were on the way to the church on popular for a baptism. This was the best night of my life because I was about to get baptized into the Church of Latter Day Saints. I knew that this was going to be a great night because tomorrow I would be accepted into our church. At the beginning of the whole thing everyone was so positive about me getting baptized. They were still positive even if they were not part of the church like a bunch of my friends. When we got to the church I got this indescribable feeling, I think that it was proof positive that this was the right step forward in the church. The next thing that happened was I got changed and went into the hallway for pictures. When I stepped

It was so amazing to experience for myself. I knew that this would change my life forever, this would change my life because now I can act more in the church. To be accepted you sit in front of everyone during the sacrament meeting, then you have people lay hands on your head and they say a prayer and ask for the holy ghost to come on to the person sitting there. This was honestly the best time of my life ever, I hope that our ward will have a temple trip soon because now I can actually do baptisms for the dead (you can’t enter the temple without being baptized and you must have all white clothes). I am very glad that I got to experience this for myself. (baptisms for the dead are when you get family history done and then you get baptized for your family members that never got the chance.) Now I understand what my brothers mean when they say that they can understand, hear, and feel the holy ghost with them at all times. I am so grateful that this was an option for me. I can now feel the holy ghost more than ever before, because I read my scriptures in the mornings when I wake up and before bed at night. That book is the first thing I see when I wake up, and the last thing I see before bed at night. I am so grateful for everything that has