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I Love to See the Temple...


There are 141 operating temples, 13 under construction, and 16 announced!! It is so amazing to see these beautiful buildings go up all over the world!


I have lived within 30 minutes of a temple my entire life. Seriously...I have been so blessed have a temple so close to me.

For my non-member friends, our temples are considered Houses of God. They are sanctified for making covenants for the living and for the dead. At this time in my life, I do something called Baptisms for the Dead where I act as proxy for someone who has died so that they have the opportunity to get baptized. To understand this better, here is a link to a good explanation. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me!!

So, as I was saying, I have lived within 30 minutes of a temple my entire life. I have not taken full advantage of this wonderful opportunity. This summer, I told myself that I would try to go at least once a week. I have kept to that and can I just say how many blessings come into your life?

There has been a subject that has been troubling me. I have been praying for a family member for a long time and recently, I felt the need to continue to pray for them. As I was in the temple last week, I prayed for this particular family member. I feel like this is a common theme in my blog posts, but prayers are answered! They are, people! It is amazing. This week, while I was in the temple, my prayer was being answered as I sat in the line of people waiting to do baptisms. It was an amazing feeling and I am so grateful for the peace I feel while in the temple.

The Provo temple is always so busy with college students, but recently I have changed my mindset to have a better experience. I am so grateful my ward goes every week because I feel like I have to go at that certain time. Again, can I say my ward is amazing? I also am so grateful that I go to a university that has a lot of LDS people where I can go with my co-workers. I have never been able to experience this! It is amazing to see the people you work with in the temple (and even go with them to the temple!)

I love the Provo temple now, but I still miss my good old Mesa, Arizona Temple! Lots of my friends are getting married right now and Facebook has had a plethora of pictures of the Mesa temple. I love this temple so much and cannot wait for the day that I can marry my eternal companion there. (Note the saying "If this isn't your castle, then you aren't my prince"- I am such a romantic sucker!)

If you have never been to an LDS temple just to walk around the grounds, you need to go. Seriously. Even without going inside, you can feel the peace and see the beauty of the world.

My thoughts are kind of everywhere today, so this blog post is not completely coherent, but at least I am writing.

This is my life.
Come what may and love it! :)
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