We had been invited by Milika Taito to come to the temple to witness the endowment of her daughter, Grace. Grace attends Scott's Mission Preparation Class and has her call to--we are so excited--Temple Square. We were honored to attend. When we got there we realized that two other of our young adult woman were also there for the first time; Nola Sefeti and Allison Penjueli who are soon to serve missions in the Philippines. What could be better than to see these fabulous woman make sacred covenants with the Lord. I wept through most of the session.
Fijians for the most part do not ask friends or family to attend these things; Allison only had a woman in her ward with her , and Nola had only her great Auntie, but they were not alone. Nine of our YSAs knew what was happening and showed up to support them; three of whom were recently returned male missionaries. I can not adequately describe the spiritual power and love in that room, so I will not even try.
Sister Jarman, one of the temple missionaries, waved me to the front of the room at the end of the session even though I was sitting on the back row. Later she told me that she wanted me to be where I could welcome these wonderful young woman. What a thoughtful thing to do.
We are so blessed. Every time we think we am sacrificing to be here Heavenly Father overwhelms us with blessings like today in the temple. We are so grateful.
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