Temple Trips and Special Moments

This weekend was a special one for me.

Friday night my dear friend Brittney Walker went through temple to take out her endowments and I had the chance to be there with her.

All day Friday I was able to spend time pondering on when I went through the temple nearly two years ago.

I remember how it felt to be surrounded in the celestial room by family and friends. What stood out to me the most was what I was accomplishing by going to the temple and what I will be able to accomplish each and every time I go back and do the work for the dead.

As you may know I am a descendant of Wilford Woodruff (my mom's maiden name is Woodruff). I have always been very proud of my herritage. Not only did Wilford Woodruff give everything to come to Utah to establish a safe place for his family, church and descendants to live their faith with out pursecution, he also dedicated his life to the church as a prophet of our church. He did all of this because he was a church leader but even if he was not he came across the plains for his family and family to come. He wanted a better life for his children and their children to come. He wanted his family to be sealed together for eternity. And what I love is that I am that family. Sadly many of his descendant on my family line have fallen away from the church.

But that day in celestial room I was surrounded by my mom, her brother and his daughter (and Matt would have been there if not on a mission). Slowly but surely we are one by one being endowed and sealed so that our family, Wilford Woodruff's family, can be sealed together as an eternal family. I could not help but feel and know this is why he did what he did for us.

As I have done family history I have focused on the Woodruff/Delightstocking line so that I can fill in the gaps and seal our family together forever. On Friday I took some of these names through.

On Friday I was filled with this love and dedication of my Great Great Great Grandfathers love to me and my love for him. And my love of my father in heaven.

To make Friday better I was there with my future family. It was so nice to see and have Kyle going through the temple with me that day. Sitting in the celestial room knowing that I will one day be married to him for time and all eternity warmed my heart and melted my spirit the same as I felt the first time I was in the celestial room because I knew this was who I was supposed to spend all eternity with and start and eternal family with. I felt in my heart that Heavenly Father was telling me Kyle was my reward for patiently and faithfully withstanding the trials of my life and the last couple years. He is my future, my present and my everything.

I can not wait tell the day we get married and sealed to one another.