tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174631178129632979.post5685288086544991827..comments2013-04-18T09:12:34.200-07:00Comments on Man. Mission. Mexico.: Second week of the transfer Elder Benjamin Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11833814302119850283noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174631178129632979.post-24278312642080037212013-04-18T09:12:34.200-07:002013-04-18T09:12:34.200-07:00Dear Ben,
I loved reading of your miracle baptism ...Dear Ben,<br />I loved reading of your miracle baptism and the Lord's hand in making it happen. Prayer really works and He is involved in every part of this great <br />Kingdom building process. I wanted to share my own experience in the temple recently. It was truly another miracle in my eyes.<br /><br />The Lord’s Comfort<br /><br />I learned first hand of the Lord’s comfort in the work we are doing here in the temple. I was assigned to be an escort for an own endowment. It was my first time serving as an Own Endowment Attendant.<br /><br />I was told to wait for this sister by the front desk. As the time passed for her to arrive, I got concerned. I peeked out the curtain and as I did, I saw a small group of<br />people by the flagpole in front of the temple. An elderly brother dropped his temple bag and was beginning to fall over. A younger brother (who turned out to be this man’s son), ran to his aid. The brother in trouble, was laid down on the bench. <br /><br />I rushed to the front desk and asked the brother there to call for help. He called 911 and then motioned for me to go to the office to ask for Security. I went to the office and told them there was a problem. By the time I got back to the front desk, Security was already outside. <br /><br />The brother at the front desk was being given information by the 911 call. Not long after that happened, the mother and the Own Endowment Sister came into the temple. The mother asked me if I would get her daughter started on her Initiatory and I agreed. The mother left to be with her father-in-law.<br /><br />The Own Endowment sister, Britnee, was crying. This was not the way she thought she would spend her day in the temple, I am sure. I gave Britnee a big hug and she melted in my arms. I told her there was no better place for this to happen because everyone loved her here.<br /><br />We proceeded to the Bride’s Room and got her dressed for her Initiatory. After we finished we found Britnee’s mother waiting in the Bride’s Room. Sister Hales met them in the Instruction Room and then we met in the Chapel.<br /><br />I sat and watched as the whole family, including Britnee’s husband to be, rejoiced together again. I was so surprised to see Britnee’s Grandfather in the Chapel. It was thought that he had a stroke but then he must have recovered enough to be there for his beautiful Granddaughter.<br /><br />My favorite part in the Endowment Session was watching this groom-to-be watch his future bride with the most loving glances. What had started out to be a very difficult time turned into a magnificent spiritual experience. <br /><br />The Celestial Room was never brighter with more hope than ever for Eternal Happiness. The Temple is indeed a source of abundant blessings.<br /><br />Joyce Cory<br />A grateful temple worker<br /><br />Postscript……The day I got home from this experience, I received a message from a young girl I taught as a Sunbeam and a Beehive. She had married out of the temple and I wondered if she would become active again. Lauren sent me a message to ask a favor. She was living in Las Vegas again and was teaching the Activity Days in Primary. I was so happy to read this and know she was not only attending church again but serving in the church. <br /><br />Lauren asked me to share some of the special experiences I have had in the temple. I was so grateful that I had just had one of the most spiritual experiences to share. Lauren told me she and her husband are working on being sealed and hope to be able to do it before her husband is deployed. What a great ending to an amazing day.<br /><br />I love the temple!!<br />Grandma Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425600676435698770noreply@blogger.com