As I was working in the baptistery today, two young teenage boys came in. One was kind of leading the other in and sat him down on the bench to wait. He was baptized first and then waited for his friend. When he came over to go down into the font, it was obvious that he was mentally slow. But the baptizer lovingly encouraged him down into the font and guided him through the baptisms while his friend waited, towel around his shoulders shivering from the cold.
When the young man finished doing the baptisms and was being helped back to the stairs he figured out this was fun and started swimming back to the stairs where his friend was waiting. His friend helped him with the towel and took him back into the locker room to get dried off and change his clothes.
What an example! I want to be a friend like that.
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