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Friday 27 July 2007

Temple is the place to be

As most of you may know, i volunteered to work at the temple every Friday and i cant really express my joy in words everytime im in the temple, whether as a patron or as an ordinance worker, anyway today, i was assigned in the baptistry for a couple of hours (they rarely put me into baptistry because im short and most of the times i ended up asking someone to do things for me because i cant reach something i need or stuff like that:), so they re-arranged the set up of closet where they put stuff so that it would suit short people like me, we wont have trouble reaching/getting things and stuff:), anyway it was lovely, then off i go to the Celestial Room, then to do live endownment, the spirit was so strong, i was holding back my tears as im giving/saying the words to a sister as she began to cry herself too, and what so special about it is that, i've never seen or met this sister before when we finished the ordinance, she gave me and everyone the longest hug ever, which is so sweet, you can just see that she's very happy and grateful for everything that very moment, she didnt say anything, she just gave everyone a big hug with tears (Tears of Joy:), and im so grateful that i can be a part and witness this very special day for her, i love working with the patrons and everyone:) The place i'd rather be, if only i can stay there forever:) Anyway i thought i would share this to everyone and hope to inspire everyone in a way to go to the temple whenever time permits especially if you live near one!! I love the To see and be in the temple:) I've been blessed all my life to have a temple nearby, when i was in the Philippines i only lived about 30 minutes away from the temple and now, im only 10 minutes away from The Brisbane Australia temple and what more is that the Chapel i go to is right next to the temple (the same compound) like 5 steps away, it such a wonderful blessings to be that close. Anyway i hope you enjoy going to the temple as i do, it is the Best place to be!

2 comments:

mistyp said...

Sounds like you had a great experience. One thing I hate about living in Texas is we are far from Temples. I hope we get to move back to Utah when my husband graduates. I haven't been to the temple in a year now! I hope I can go while we are here in Utah, but even then it will be hard because I'm still nursing a baby. Ahh! Eventually he'll grow up though! :) My parents work in the SLC Temple every Saturday now. They love it and have had good experiences like you! Thanks for sharing!

I loved hearing about your proposal, too! That's a cute picture of the two of you! Do you know where sister Rocaberte is? The email I had for her doesn't work.

mistyp said...

We ended up doing some initatories (spelling?) today at the SL Temple. Thanks for the idea to go! :)