Temple service

In case you think I am only doing the tourist things I thought I’d write a bit about our temple service. We are so grateful to be in the beautiful sacred place 5 days a week. We serve Monday Tuesday Wednesday mornings and Thursday Friday afternoons/evenings. It is different in many ways from Timpanogas or LA but of course is the same in all the ways that matter. It’s much smaller and not so busy. I have quite a bit of time in some assignments to read the scriptures (and think of my dear family). I love helping in the laundry and the clothing rental area too. I even get to play the organ in the waiting chapel sometimes. The baptistry is usually busy but I haven’t had as many opportunities to do that. Lots of youth groups come. We typically can do our own family names in sealings every day and they want us to bring them. (Of course that means we need all the previous ordinances to be done, which is more of a challenge).  It’s a long day for dad but he is always a willing worker and a silent complainer. We love seeing people come from everywhere and the temple missionaries are the best people you can find anywhere.  How blessed we are to be part of them doing the most important work there is. We love serving here. I keep thinking a mission is supposed to be sacrifice and hard work and for dad it probably is but for me it is all joy!  I feel a little like Christ’s disciples when Luke says “they were continually in the temple praising and blessing God.”