Jenna's Baptism

Wendy is very good at keeping up her family's blog, The Jensen Journal. There, promptly posted, are Jenna's Baptism Photoshoot  and  Jenna's Baptism.  Checking out old emails, there was some additional information in a Jensen Family Update (included below). 

Thanks to Mom and Dad (Margie/Lamar) for always saving programs. 

Grandma and Grandpa (Margie/LaMar) and Chris and Kim made it down to support.

Wendy later wrote (October 9, 2016): 

Everything went smoothly for the baptism. The talks were short and sweet and the musical number was really nice. It was nice having mom and dad and Chris and Kim there. Jenna's primary teachers came, which was nice, and the other members of my primary presidency came. We also had a couple from the deaf branch come with their son who is Jenna's age and so I had arranged for an interpreter to come interpret for them. Several of Jenna's friends came. Rick gave a beautiful confirmation blessing. We had ice-cream sundaes over at our house after. Chris made some gluten free muffins which the kids enjoyed and he and Kim played Rummikub with Mom and Dad and the kids. They loved it! I worked on journal and pictures from the baptism.

Sunday morning it was busy, curling Jenna's hair and getting a turkey dinner prepared and ready for after church. The Bishop called Jenna up to give her a Book of Mormon and have her share her testimony. 

Wendy had Jenna record her thoughts about her baptism:

When the Bishop interviewed me last week he was asking me some questions and I was answering them. He said, "Are you going to bear your testimony?" And I said, "Yes." That night Sister Potter and Sister Williams and Sister Steel came over to talk to me about my baptism and gave me a baptism towel. Before my baptism we went to Chuck-A-Rama with Grandma and Grandpa and our family and Uncle Chris and Kim. We got our food and I got a slurpee with cherry and banana in it and then I got another slurpee with cherry, banana, and blue raspberry and I mixed the banana and blue raspberry together and it made a green slurpee.

At the Baptism they talked about Baptism and the Holy Ghost. Adria Guerisoli was getting baptized too. When I got into the water the baptism clothes just stuck to me and Dad and me put our arms in the place and then he said the stuff and then he dunked me into the water and then I kinda felt the spirit and then I went to the bathroom and mom said, "We need to re-do your hair," and me and Jaiden and Janelle were like, "It doesn't matter, mom!"

We went and did the blessing and Brother Cloward shaked my hand and then Grandpa hugged me and I was like, "Who is that?" And then I looked and thought "Whew, it's Grandpa!" My ears were really itchy when they were saying it. Clarissa gave me a lot of gummy bears and it said "Bear the name of Jesus Christ, Bear One Another's Burdens, and Bear Testimony." Sister Broberg (her primary teacher) gave me a letter and a pen that said, "I promise" on it. Then we went outside and took pictures and then we came over to our house and had ice-cream. Grandma Westra gave me a baptism book that you could write in.