Wee! Down to the pot of gold!

Made it safe. Hey, Ava, watch this! Wee!

Ooh… I totally meant to do that. Cool. Yeah, super cool, huh? Oh, I just remembered. So in three days… or maybe four days… but I think three, I’m gonna be baptized. Wanna come? Baptized? What’s that?

Well, I’m gonna wear my pretty dress to the Church.

I’ll go inside where my family will be. And then I'll get in the water. And my dad, too. Then I'll go under the water! And then there's the Holy Ghost. Doesn’t that sound great?

Ghost? Why are you gonna do that? Because now I’m eight years old.

I guess I'm just confused.

Um, oh, I thought I explained it good. Sorry.

I'm gonna go now because… I am.

Bye Sophia!

You're home early.

Izzy, did you have friends come see you get baptized? Sure. Why?

I invited Ava.

But when she asked why, I don't think I did a very good job explaining it right. You blanked out, right when it mattered, huh?

I do that, too. Let’s talk about it.

So, baptism, it's a way that you show Heavenly Father that you're willing to follow Jesus. I know. I can’t wait! And when we do that, we make a promise and that promise is called a covenant. Yeah! I make promises all the time. I made one at school today.

I need you to bring this back after recess, okay? I promise! But a covenant's a little different. It's a two-way promise where two people each promise something to each other.

Like last night! Mom! Yes? Can I have dessert? If you finish up your soup. Promise? Yes, I promise. If you promise to eat all your soup and put your dishes in the sink. Okay!

It's for the chocolate cake.

Right. But it’s a lot more.

Heavenly Father sets the conditions of the agreement, which are like the rules.

If you promise to serve Him and keep His commandments, then He promises to bless us with His spirit. I agree to do whatever Heavenly Father says. And if I do that, He'll bless me with the Holy Ghost. Exactly. Wow, you explained that better than I did.

Hi, Sophia! Hey, so in two days… or maybe it was three days… but I think two days, I’m getting baptized! Can you come?

I still don't really know why you're doing that.

Oh, so I’m gonna make a coven… a covenant with God. It's like an agreement. If I obey Heavenly Father, He promises to bless me. You’re doing it for blessings? Yeah! He promises to be with me. And it’s the right thing to do because Jesus did it.

I want to be like Him.

So wanna come?

Okay! I’ll ask my mom. And after we may even get a treat back at my house. But I’m not supposed to know that.

Ooh!

Hey! Did you like it? Yeah, it was cool.

Super cool, huh? I felt so warm and happy inside.

I know it was the Holy Ghost telling me that I made a good choice.

Mmm… thanks for coming.

I like your dress! Me, too! And I like yours! Thanks! Watch this!

Hi! Ashely, this is my friend Ava.

Ava, this is Ashley. She's super cool, too!