Down to the River to Pray

I got to experience my first river baptism!! As you all know, the May river here in Bluffton has come to be a HUGE part of our lives. When I heard that my church actually did river baptisms in the May once a year I immediately put it on my calendar. Even cooler though is one of my favorite people and her two sons (both on my list  of favorite little people)  were going to be a part of the experience.

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good ol' way
And who shall wear the starry crown?
Good Lord show me the way!

O sisters let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O sisters let's go down
Down in the river to pray

Father Owens

O brothers let's go down
Let's go down, come on down
O brothers let's go down
Down in the river to pray...

It was such an amazing, cool event to be a part of. The boys enjoyed it especially since their friends were being baptised. The boys kept shouting out to each other, it was so cute. After the baptism, their one little friend hollered from the shore "Hey Spud! I got dunked!!"

 Ok, a little background info... Have you ever seen the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? It came out waaaaay back in the year 2000. On the soundtrack there is an old song sung by Allison Krauss called "Down to the River to Pray" (here is a link to a worship video version on you tube http://youtu.be/cvYadad-x5Y ...the photos are cheesy but the song is the purpose. Or you can go here and just listen to the song... http://www.last.fm/music/Alison+Krauss/O+Brother,+Where+Art+Thou%3F )

So that song is on my "favorites of all time" list and it was sung today as everyone was being led down to the river (which is why I quoted it in between all of the photos above :o)  It has been on a continuous loop ever since so now Little Spud knows the song by heart.