Temple Work

It's amazing! From the time I had my cards printed, it seemed so many things got in the way of completing the work. But our daughter in law Jenny, took the cards and set us up with a time to do the baptisms. Then Merlin had to work and Scott, our son, had to work. Others who were invited weren't able to make it as well. So it was Jenny and I.

I arrived at Jenny's house and she drove us to the Salt Lake Temple. She just knows everything. We went to the baptistry and Jenny prepared to be baptised for 15 women. I thought that the work for the men wouldn't be done because we didn't have a man with us, but there were plenty of workers there willing to help. And a added surprise was that a friend of Jenny's was there performing baptisms. So her friend baptised Jenny for all of the women and a newly called missionary was baptised for the men. This young man is a relative of Hyrum Smith and is called to the Independence Missouri Mission. Merlin's mother is from the Hyrum Smith line.

After the baptisms and confirmations Jenny suggested that we do some initiatory. We got dressed and walked over to that area. We completed all but four of the women's names before we had to leave for home. We had a time constraint for us to be finished and on our way home.

The spirituality of the sessions was apparent and marked by clear impressions given to each of us during the baptisms and initiatories. Jenny has her stories to tell. These are mine. I was quite impressed during the baptisms that many of these men and women were waiting for this to be done for them. When certain names were read, I felt so impressed that this was important to them individually. During the initiatories, one name really stood out to me, Klara Kristina. When I read her name, the spirit told me she was ready for this work to be accomplished for her. I told the worker of my feelings and she felt the spirit as well. These are wonderful sister workers who provide this service for us.

So this is my report. We have much more to do, but we are on our way. Some of this work had to be accomplished before my grandmother's little babies could be sealed to her. I'm eager to do those sealings. I am also eager to hear of your stories.