Taking the Shots: I Enjoy Long Walks at the Temple!

It takes some people hours or days to actually go to the temple! Sometimes they are there for more than one day. Yet it takes myself 4-5 minutes by car or if I run up there 30 mins. How many times do I go a week.. Well you see I try to at least make it to the temple grounds at least once a week, sometimes I even go a whopping 3 times. But how many times do I actually go inside and do Baptisms for the Dead? Maybe like once every two months. You would think living so close to the temple it would be ten times, maybe even a million times easier., but it's really not that easy. With only such limited things that people who are not endowed can do, we can only really walk around the temple, visit the atrium, sit inside the foyer and participate in Baptisms. But even then its hard, because we need to have at least 3 priesthood leaders to baptize and confirm us. So its kind of hard. Yet it just got easier for us! Starting this week on Friday's and Saturday's youth who have there temple recommend can go up and participate in Baptisms. The best part is, is that there will already be priesthood leaders up there to baptize and confirm you! Isn't that amazing! I thought that this was literally the coolest thing in the world. The temple is such a beautiful place and I am so lucky to live by it! Seeing it shine literally right out my window. My bosses at work (they aren't Mormon) have been asking a lot about the Mormon religion, and on Tuesday and Thursday mornings (where it isn't really busy in the mornings) we talk a lot about it. From the apostles to the temple cinnamon rolls and much more, but one thing that stood out to me is this little story. My boss started it out saying, "I was driving this morning and it was overcast, but the only thing that stood out to me in all of the valley was the Temple. It was just glowing with fog around it." My heart melted because it really is such a beautiful thing and to hear him saying those things was just touching. I am so happy that I will be serving the Lord, and to bring people into this gospel! Theres not many days that go by where I don't take pictures but here are some!