The Temple Lately

 I've been slacking on reporting on my temple trips/work lately.  I haven't been to the temple to do work for the dead, only working every Wednesday from 10 am to 2 pm.

I take Mom with me every time, and she spends the day in the temple doing endowments, sealings, and initiatory work. 

It's been a great few months.  I worked on Wednesday, until August, then switched to Tuesdays.

Our temple presidency will change in September, and the new temple president will be John Porter from Porterville.  He used to be our Stake President when Landon was a senior, and on his mission.  It will be great to have him and his wife there.  I don't know his counselors.

Something very very special happened on July 28th.

CJ and Tagg went to the temple and got their endowments !!

It was a beautiful time :)  Our hope is that one day their entire family can go inside together and be sealed as an eternal family  :) 

Tagg began Home MTC on August 5th, and will leave for the Mexico City MTC in another week.  He will stay there a month, then go to his mission in Fort Lauderdale Florida, speaking Spanish. 

A Special Day in the Temple with my grandchildren

Yesterday was a wonderful day, and an answer to my prayers.  It's hard to get schedules to align, but they did !  Mom and I were able to go to the temple, and witness our grandchildren be baptized for those who never had the privilege while on this earth.  Tagg was able to perform the baptisms.  This was the second time that Tagg had been to the temple that day.  He had gone with friends early in the morning before school also.  He probably goes at least 2-3 times a week.  Thatcher and Payson have been before, with friends and YM leaders.  This was Brightyn's first time !  She was a little nervous, but loved it.  She thought it was pretty neat that Tagg was able to do the baptisms :)  We are hoping to go again in a couple of weeks, to the Layton temple.   

 

 

February at the Temple

I was able to visit the St. George temple on February 27th while in town for baseball games for Payson.  I did an endowment session and sealing session.  I do believe it's the most beautiful temple I've been in, and that is saying ALOT!.  The endowment instruction room, so different from Ogden.  Beautiful red rock murals on the walls, original pillars painted white, windows covered in beautiful blue velvet, seating that "looked" like pews, but had actual seats.   One thing that was unique to me, was after the endowment presentation, we moved to another room to go through the veil.  It was called the "veil room".  The chandelier in the Celestial Room was absolutely amazing !  I've never seen anything like it in my life.  All of the carpeting, and furniture in the entire temple, was "old school".  Alot of dark woods, and beautiful white pillars, and fabrics accented in blues.  The sealing rooms were on the 5th floor of the temple.  There were about 15-20 rooms, and they were tiny, with a circular window in each room, and only enough room for 7-8 patrons and the sealer.  Also, there was a sealing room just off the Celestial room, accessed by climbing a short set of stairs from each side.  

I've still be working at the Ogden Temple on Wednesdays in the Mid-day session from 10am to 2pm.  Instead of our usual 4 week schedule, it was stretched into two weeks in March.  The Ogden Temple will be closed the last two weeks in March.   

 

January 2026 at the Temple

 This month while serving in the Ogden temple on Wednesdays, I have been asked to "officiate"? during an endowment session.  I'm the sister who sits up at the front, and helps if needed.  It's a little nerve wracking, hoping all will go well.  It takes a total of two hours during my four hour shift.  I have enjoyed it.  Today, a Tuesday, Mom and I and LuAnn met Erika at the Bountiful Temple for an endowment session.  I forgot to get a good picture :(  We went to Zupa's afterwards for lunch.  It was an enjoyable day.  

December at the Temple

Only worked 3 Wednesdays at the Temple this month.  It was closed on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve.  Mom and I went on Tuesday the 23rd also. 

Back serving in the Temple - October and November 2025

 I was glad to be back at the temple on October 1st.   I was able to work for three weeks, then was off for our trip to Mexico (I had a substitute), then I got a cold when we came back, and had to get another substitute for that day.   I traded with her, and worked her shift the next Tuesday (November 4th), and my own shift on November 5th.  I've continued there throughout the month of November, and next week (the day before Thanksgiving), we only work until noon in the temple.  Also, I will be subbing on Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) for the sister who filled in for me while I was on vacation.  

I enjoy working in the temple.  It is a peaceful special time there, and I love to feel the Spirit and enjoy the comradery with the other workers and patrons.  I am blessed with this opportunity to serve.  

Temple - two times

Went to the Syracuse temple on September 16th with mom to do initiatory work. 

Went to the Layton temple on September 23rd with mom to do an endowment session.

The Ogden temple will be open again on the 30th, and I'll start back there working as an ordinance worker.  

 

Ogden Temple Service

 The Ogden Temple will be closed for the month of September for cleaning.  I started working there on April 9th (Wednesday), and here it is August 27th.   That is 21 Wednesdays I've been there.  5 months !  It has been so enjoyable.  I usually leave about 8:15am from Morgan, and usually get home about 2:45pm. 

I've served in the dressing room, the new name booth, initiatory, celestial room, Chapel hallway, recommend desk, baptism clothing, and baptismal font, name check, and other misc. hallways, and the veil. 

I've been able to memorize everything, but am grateful for the "cheat sheets" also.  I really enjoy working at the veil, and in initiatory the most.  

I love the sweet ladies I work with.  I've made new friends, and there are "familiar faces" among the patrons who make Wednesdays their day to attend the temple.

I love serving in the Temple as an ordinance worker. 

I love working at the Ogden Temple

 Today I did two initiatory sessions BEFORE my regular ordinance worker shift started at 9:30 am.  I am trying to memorize the prayers in initiatory.  My regular "line" for working there includes initiatory, veil, dressing room, south hallway on 3rd floor, and study.  We keep this "line" for a month, then are switched to another type of rotation.  I'm really really enjoying it.  

Temple with Mom

 

Today Mom and I went to the Ogden temple for an endowment session.  It's been quite awhile since Mom has been able to do an Endowment, because she hasn't wanted to leave Dad for that long.   There had been many changes.  It was a good day to be with Mom, and the temple took on a new meaning now that Dad has passed to the other side of the veil.  Families are forever.  I'm grateful for the sealing power of the temple.  

Ordinance Worker in the Ogden Temple

Today I started serving in the Ogden Temple !
This has been a dream goal of mine for some time.  I'm very blessed that it has happened, and Roger totally supports me, and I love and appreciate that support so very much. 

I will train for 4 weeks, and then I'm on my own !
You don't have to memorize any more, so that's a BIG plus :)

I serve on the mid-day shift on Wednesdays  10-2

There are several women (and men) from Morgan who serve on this shift. 

 

Invitation accepted !

I was set apart today in the Ogden temple, to act as an ordinance worker.  My Bishop issued this invitation, and I accepted.  I've always wished to have this opportunity, and I'm very very grateful. I will be working on Wednesdays from 9 to 1 pm.  I'm a little nervous, but looking forward to this special time I will spend in the temple 

 

Trying to get to the Temple more often.

 I went to the Ogden temple on January 24th for an Endowment session.  It was the most spiritual time I've had in the temple for some time.  I had prepared, and prayed, and I surely felt the Spirit.  

I'm going again this Friday morning with Mom to do sealings.

Thatcher went with his friend last Friday to the Layton temple to do baptisms for the dead.  That makes me so happy. 

Back to the Temple with Mom

 After our Tuesdays being interrupted with my mowing. We were able to make it back to the Ogden temple for sealings. It was a good morning.

Every other Tuesday morning with Mom at the Temple

July 9th, 2024 (Ogden Temple - sealings)

July 23, 2024 (Layton Temple  - sealings)

August 6, 2024 (Ogden Temple - sealings)

This last time I say Diane and Dan Dickson, Mark and Sheila Wilkinson, Karen Mead, Richard Wiscombe.

More Sealings with Mom

 Went with Mom to an early morning sealing sessions on May 28th.  In the session with us was Kari Ward (new married name).  She and her mother used to do Bountiful Baskets with me.  She looked happy.  We saw Lynette Stephens, but her husband Calvin was not our sealer this time. 

Thatcher is enjoying the Temple

Thatcher has been going to temple quite a bit with his friends from church and school.  He's been doing names for my mom.  The other day, he was able to be baptized for his Great Great Uncle, Benny Ray Colson, who died in 1979, shortly after Ambure died.  Ben was Roger's Aunt Judy's husband, and we received permission from her to have his work done.  Now, Chans will get his initiatory and endowment done, along with his son Greg's work.  

Sealings with Mom

 Mom and I went to the Ogden temple, early this morning and did some sealings.  We saw Calvin and Lynette Stephens, and Calvin was actually the sealer for part of our session.  We got alot accomplished.  It was a good morning in the temple with my mom.  When we got home, we found out that my dad's sister, my Aunt Barbara had passed away during the night.  I bet that reunion with her husband, and parents and sisters was extra special.  I know God lives and loves us.  I know Jesus atoned for our sins and short-comings, and that through his we will all LIVE AGAIN after we die here on this earth.  Oh what a sweet sweet thought that is.  There is life after death.  Death is NOT the end.  What a reunion it will be.   

Morning at the Temple

 Another morning at the temple with Mom.  I sure love her. 

Two times in Two Days

I went with LuAnn to the Ogden Temple for an endowment session on April 17th in the afternoon, then got up really early and went with Mom on April 19th at 6:45 am for an initiatory session.

It was great to be back again.  After Conference, I've dedicated myself to do better at temple attendance.