Well, not really!
It just so happens that two very special days coincided - Elias' baptism, and Ugandan Independence Day with the deaf community.
First, Elias' baptism...
So we both come from different traditions when it comes to infant baptism. However, we decided that we would follow the tradition of whatever church community we found ourselves to be part of when children finally came along. Here in Uganda, we are partnered with the Anglican Diocese of Kitgum, who practice infant baptism.
Marianne attended baptism classes for about 5 weeks before the big day, which happened to be Ugandan Independence Day. She attended most classes by herself, but sometimes Elias came along with her, and Mike was able to make it to the last class.
Marianne took him outside to help him try to re-gather himself before his name was called, but there was only one child before his turn. So inside they came, and we went forward with Elias' three godparents; Tom, Charles, and Grace...
...the momentary calm did not last...