This last weekend was our ward Temple day. Nik and I have not been to the Temple since we have been down here (sad I know) because it takes about 5 hours total and we just can't leave Miranda that long becuase she is still nursing! BUT a family in our ward invited us to join them and took their kids (Andrea 14, Travis 10) to watch our kids on the Temple grounds. I was so excited to finally be going!!
On the way down we took a wrong turn and ended up in Gilbert. Our session was supposed to start at 4:00pm and we got to the temple at about 4:05pm. We were still able to do Initiatory work, but I was so sad we had missed it. In fact when I got into my dressing room I just had to sit down and cry for a minute. We had left plenty early so we could get there and not be rushed, I had been planning it for a couple of weeks, and I even had my kids spend time with their kids so they would know them... just a lot of planning and hard work to get there, but we were still rushed and missed it. It must have been a culmination of my day, but I just couldn't hold it in any longer. I just felt so sad!! I composed myself (or so I thought) but as soon as I started doing the Temple work and those sweet ladies would look at me and I would loose it again. I think I cried through the whole thing! Nik and I got done about the same time and he noticed I had been crying. He said "Well you haven't had a melt down for a while." =)
We couldn't find our kids (but knew they were in good hands) so we just held hands and walked around the grounds for a while. The Mesa Temple is so beautiful and the grounds are really neat! Lots of fountains and fruit trees and flowers and large areas of grass! We saw at least 5 groups of people getting photographs taken (engagement and family pics). I felt better after a while! The Temple offers so many wonderful blessings and I know I need to make more of an effort to get there more often! I know it would bless my life! While we were waiting for our kids we went in the visitor's center and watched the family presentation. I felt the Sprit so strongly and the Love our Father in Heaven has for each of us! Families can be together forever... How I am so glad I know that and so thankful that we have a loving Savior who was willing to suffer and die so that we could be with our families forever!
This last weekend was our ward Temple day. Nik and I have not been to the Temple since we have been down here (sad I know) because it takes about 5 hours total and we just can't leave Miranda that long becuase she is still nursing! BUT a family in our ward invited us to join them and took their kids (Andrea 14, Travis 10) to watch our kids on the Temple grounds. I was so excited to finally be going!!
On the way down we took a wrong turn and ended up in Gilbert. Our session was supposed to start at 4:00pm and we got to the temple at about 4:05pm. We were still able to do Initiatory work, but I was so sad we had missed it. In fact when I got into my dressing room I just had to sit down and cry for a minute. We had left plenty early so we could get there and not be rushed, I had been planning it for a couple of weeks, and I even had my kids spend time with their kids so they would know them... just a lot of planning and hard work to get there, but we were still rushed and missed it. It must have been a culmination of my day, but I just couldn't hold it in any longer. I just felt so sad!! I composed myself (or so I thought) but as soon as I started doing the Temple work and those sweet ladies would look at me and I would loose it again. I think I cried through the whole thing! Nik and I got done about the same time and he noticed I had been crying. He said "Well you haven't had a melt down for a while." =)
We couldn't find our kids (but knew they were in good hands) so we just held hands and walked around the grounds for a while. The Mesa Temple is so beautiful and the grounds are really neat! Lots of fountains and fruit trees and flowers and large areas of grass! We saw at least 5 groups of people getting photographs taken (engagement and family pics). I felt better after a while! The Temple offers so many wonderful blessings and I know I need to make more of an effort to get there more often! I know it would bless my life! While we were waiting for our kids we went in the visitor's center and watched the family presentation. I felt the Sprit so strongly and the Love our Father in Heaven has for each of us! Families can be together forever... How I am so glad I know that and so thankful that we have a loving Savior who was willing to suffer and die so that we could be with our families forever!
5 comments:
Oh man! I would have cried too! At least you had time afterwards to walk around and relax, but still, that's a bummer! :(
I'm glad you got there! It is a beautiful temple!
I just went to the temple last week (it has been in forever too) and I was a wreck (for a very different reason--i will have to tell the story in an email) and I was in my dressing room crying trying to pull myself together. That is so funny that we had such similar experiences. If Chelton hadn't been waiting for me I seriously would have gone home. The temple there is so beautiful. How come you guys didn't just do the next session?...are they more spread out than they are here? I'm glad that you got to go though. It seems that it all turned out okay.
That happened to us once too.. well sort of. We went through all the effort to get there and then once we got there discovered the temple was closed! Now I check before we go :) Seriously though it is depressing especially when the Mesa temple is so far away and you know it will be awhile before you get back there!
I would have cried too :)
Love the Post. You guys are such great people, i am so glad we got to know you guys, Your such a great mom, and i just admire you!!!
I want to cry for you about the temple, I can't imagine how that would have been, at least you made it there!!
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