O Taste and See That the Lord is Good!: Day 6 of our NYG Adventures

So yesterday was more of the sessions, and several of my group were in the same sessions that I wanted to go to. YEA!! One speaker in particular was so good that we went to his presentations back to back. At least they were on different topics. Brad Alles had sessions entitled: "Love Lived--and Here's Evidence" and also "The End is Near". The first was about defending our faith with what is called "apologetics." Apologetics is NOT apologizing for our faith. It is the branch of study that deals with the establishment and defense of faith. He was a great speaker in both topics.
From 5-6pm several in our group worked the South Dakota District booth, where groups of people got their pictures taken with their faces behind a cutout board of Mount Rushmore.
Today though, I think the week finally caught up to all of us--we were all so tired, which can have an adverse effect on group dynamics. But we pulled together and had a wonderful night of celebration.
What were we celebrating, you might ask...
I have to go back a few days to explain.
On Sunday at dinner, one of our group asked me if I would baptize her. Originally we were going to do this on Thursday. But Becky figured out that the worship service for the gathering was Thursday morning. So we decided to make a change in our plans and have it on Wed evening in place of going to the Mass Event.
When we were all done with sessions we went back to the hotel rooms to change clothes and rest a bit. Then we went to our destination for the baptism...a fountain with a pineapple sculpture on it that is on the riverwalk near our hotel.
We then had the baptism of Brandi Bentz into the family of God. It was awesome!!! And then when we were finished, a turtledove landed on top of the fountain and stayed there. It was quite a moment.
To celebrate this wonderful event, we went to have a late dinner at The Rainforest Cafe. We had the best waiter ever, the food was really good, and the decorations in the place were really cool, with the sounds and sights of a Thunderstorm going off every once in a while, and various animatronic jungle animals all over the restaurant.
All in all it was a fantastic day! A blessed Day! A day to celebrate God's grace and blessings.
Here are some pictures...