One of my tender mercies for this past week was that Carl, Derek, Elizabeth, Heather, Brandon, Papa Ripp and I were all able to attend the Rexburg Temple together on Saturday. Carl had turned 12 on January 11. He had been looking forward to passing the sacrament, getting the Priesthood, and getting to go inside the temple. I had researched about eight of my Irlam family names, so Carl was able to get baptized for five of those, and Elizabeth did 3 of the female names.
I'm very proud of Carl for setting spiritual goals for when he turned 12.
We did confirmations first. Brandon was able to do the confirmations for Heather, Blaine did it for Brandon, Derek did it for Carl, Elizabeth and I. I felt such a power in the room, as we did those. I felt big old happy tears rolling down my cheeks during it.
Also, we ran into Derek's companion on his mission, Elder Berthelson! That was a nice surprise. He was one of the workers that did the confirmations with us.
Then the baptisms. Derek got to baptize Elizabeth, Carl and me, Brandon baptized Heather, Blaine was observing.
The whole event was just extra special to me - my own immediate family, doing temple work for my own deceased relatives! Oh, what joy!
We are down to Brandon and Heather's last week with us. We will travel to Provo to attend the Provo City Temple Open House on Saturday and to help Heather pack up into their U-Haul truck. They will begin their long drive on Monday morning. I've been very grateful to have them in hour home.
Another tender mercy was that I was able to attend my very own ward with my family today. I've been part of the Primary Stake visits to 3 wards the last 3 weeks, so this day with my family was very appreciated. We invited Shaun Anderson and his family up to have dinner with us, so he could see his cousin, Heather, before she moves far away.
Another tender mercy is that Blaine already decorated my bedroom with hearts all over, hanging from the ceiling, above my bed and m bath tube So fun!
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