Current mood: blessed
Today was a big day for little Mia. She got to meet her soon-to-be Pastor, Pastor Scott! at her new church "Good Shepard" Lutheran Church in Menifee.
Though Adrian and I were raised and baptized Catholic, we both agree that the Lutheran religion/church is a better fit for us and for any kids we might have in the future. Now with little Mia here, we have started to investigate the church more and have chosen Good Shepard to be our church. With that we decided to have Mia baptized in that church and chose my Brother and Sis-in-law to be the Godparents! YAY! They both were honored to accept our request and can't wait to be Mia's Nina and Nino.
I met with the Pastor and the Church clerk Ruth about a month ago to get a feel for the church and to get information about baptism. They were extreemly welcoming and were "honored" that we picked that church to have our daughter baptized in. The next step was to set up a meeting with the godparents and Adrian and I. Since my bro and sis live 2.5 hours away they really couldn't make it down physically to the meeting. Especially with the fact my bro got a new job. So the church made it so they could tele-conference in. Pretty cool huh?
So today was the big meeting day. We packed up Mia and off to the church we went. We were greeted with open arms (literally) by Pastor Scott and both himself and the receptionist Ruth commented on how adorable Mia was. We sat down in his office and had alittle meeting while Mia hung out in her car seat with her sippy cup, snackies and toys. She did great considering the meeting took awhile. The Pastor got to talk to my bro and sis on the phone and spend some time with us talking about the church and baptism. He answered all our questions and was really down to earth. Adrian and I are both very pleased with the whole experience. We even got to take a tour of the church and see where Mia will be baptized. One of the things I really liked was, unlike all the Catholic Baptisms I have attended, when Mia gets baptized it will only be HER no other babies. So it will be HER special day with her own special mass. How cool is that! I am really excited. They only hold baptizms the first and third Sunday of the month and since Easter is next month they recommended to get it done in May. We are looking at possibly the third Sunday in May (17th). I still have to touch bases with my family to make sure thats a good date for them as well.
I am all excited. I can't wait to bring God into little Mia's life and I can't wait to see her all pretty in her white little gown when she gets baptized. Infact I think I will go shopping online right now!!! haha
