Welcome to the Church and the B7 Ward, Wylie Whitmer

Wylie Whitmer, son of David and Robin Whitmer and sandwiched between two sisters, became one of the newest members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at the Bloomington Stake Center.  Baptized and confirmed by his father David Whitmer, Wylie was surrounded by loved ones there to witness this important day in his young life.  “It was wonderful,” notes Dad.  “It was an A+ event.”

Wylie is a 2^nd grader at Bloomington Elementary.  His family doesn’t hear many complaints about school – except when his dad is late picking him up - but he particularly likes math.

 

The 8-year-old enjoys soccer and Legos when he’s not in the classroom and according to his Mom “Wylie is helpful, fun, energetic and loves his family.”

 

About baptism, Nephi taught, “Wherefore, do all things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter.  For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water, and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.

 

“And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.”  (2 Nephi 31:17-18)