Temple Work in the Light of a Tragedy

So J and I have accepted a calling to be Temple Workers.  We are very excited and are happy that we will be able to do service for others.

In our ward, the Bishop and his wife had a baby that lived only 7 days.  But those were 7 glorious days because she was supposed live only minutes.  Though we can do nothing for them, other than pray and just love them.

We hope that putting their name in for prayers, in the Temple, as well as the service we are doing for others will let them know that we are doing it for them.

We are one eternal family.  And we are so blessed.  I just wish, as I'm sure we all do, that there was more we could do.

J will go to the temple 4-5 times a month and I will go 2-3 times.  Since he works only a few minutes from the Temple he gets more opportunity.  I find that after only one day being away from the Temple, I think of little else except going back.  Life, of course, distracts for a time, but my thoughts are always drawn back to the beauty and comfort of the Temple.

I want to share these feelings with my non-LDS friends, the Ducharme's and the Fisk's especially, because I know that they would benefit more than the average Joe from the comfort given in the Temple.  So here is your fair warning, we are going to continue being your friends and we will share the gospel, our love and testimonies with you at every opportunity.  But we do it only because we love you.