Temple Blessings

The day started out grey and rainy but that was not to deter  three sister from going to the temple.  The traffic hindered our desire to be there for the 10:00 session and the 11:00 session.  We enjoyed chatting as time passed and traffic moved slowly.  As time passed we knew we could not participate in an endowment session because we had to be home for the return of our children from school.  However, we were determined to serve this day and blessed we were as we each did initiatory work for  five names.  I felt peace and joy as I thought of the blessings of the temple, service and sacrifice.  I believe that if it had only been for one name the time on the beltway would have been worth it.  It was wonderful to talk with Andrea and Kirstie as we weathered the torrents of rain and the parking lot of cars.  Maybe it was the Lord's way of saying you need to take time to connect with others and I'll give you that opportunity.   I am thankful for the blessings of the temple and good friends to go with.

Tonight Bill and the boys went on a youth temple trip to do baptisms.   It's a wonderful opportunity for the youth to see the inside of the temple.  The youth get to check in at the recommend desk and walk past a beautiful mural of the Savior at the second coming.  In the mural you have the darkness and people who are wicked on one side and in  the other half you see the righteous with the DC temple in the background.  The youth then walk down the hallway and down the stairs to the baptistery.  They have only been trying this out the last couple of times it opens their eyes and hearts that baptism is the beginning and is part of something much bigger.  And it helps them to see that they want so much to be worthy so they can receive more of Heavenly Fathers blessings and gifts.  I love that the youth get this experience.  And I'm so happy that my sons get the experience of feeling the spirit of the temple.  I love that they get to regularly see their father  serving in the temple.  I am grateful that we as a family can be together forever because of the blessings of the temple!