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Yigo, Guam
172nd operating temple
Dedicated: 22 May 2022
By: David A. Bednar
Jesus Christ, Second Coming
D&C 133:2
The Lord who shall suddenly come to his temple; the Lord who shall come down upon the world with a curse to judgment; yea, upon all the nations that forget God, and upon all the ungodly among you.
Book of Mormon
Alma 37:26-47
9 Yea, I say unto you, were it not for these things that these records do contain, which are on these plates, Ammon and his brethren could not have convinced so many thousands of the Lamanites of the incorrect tradition of their fathers; yea, these records and their words brought them unto repentance; that is, that brought them to the knowledge of the Lord their God, and to rejoice in Jesus Christ their Redeemer.
10 And who knoweth but what they will be the means of bringing many thousands of them, yea, and also many thousands of our stiffnecked brethren, the Nephites, who are now hardening their hearts in sin and iniquities, to the knowledge of their Redeemer?
"Come Follow Me"
Review and Book of Mormon Central
AprGenCon
"Teaching Self-Reliance To Children And Youth"
Elder Hugo E. Martinez
Of the Seventy
How can we teach the doctrine and principles of self-reliance to our children and youth? One important way is to regularly apply the principles of the Children and Youth program. Parents and children learn the gospel of Jesus Christ, participate in service and activities, and work together in four areas of personal development that are unique for each child. It is no longer the same prescribed program for all.
Today is our last day as temple workers. It is bittersweet. I will miss the people I work with, and listening to President Seaman share spiritual experiences in our preparation meeting.
The Frie's did not show up to work in the baptistry so although they weren't scheduled to preside or work, President Seaman came in and became the baptismal coordinator. He also came upstairs and joined in a prayer circle when there were not enough patrons in the session. I stood beside him in that prayer circle.
Kim Seaman helped in initiatory, did a session, and helped wherever she was needed. We had lots of substitutes today because of the Pioneer celebration.
The highlight of the day was Willie and Janna's sealing with President Toronto officiating. It was so wonderful. After Willie and Janna were sealed his parents were sealed and then he and his sister were sealed to their parents. I have never seen this done in a live sealing before but Sister Toronto says it happens quite often.
Those who attended the sealing that I knew:
Pat Tedder and Ralph Sedig were the witnesses. Pierce sat by an "old friend" a woman. Sean, Stefani, Bishop, and Alicia Hunsaker, Cody and LeeAnn Snyder, Jon and Linda Finnell, Michelle Tesarek, Becky Skousen, Ralph and Cheryl Sedig, Al and Sally Sedig, Greg and Kim Anderson, Pete and Chris Whipple. Willie's sister, niece and her husband and daughter. There were others whom I did not know.
As I hugged Janna she said, "None of this could have happened without you guys."
I saw another member of our ward in the temple today, Katie Hahn.
My last assignment was the Celestial room. I will always remember this. Workers I am going to miss: Elmers, both Hamblin couples, Dean and Elwanda Reidhead, Scott and Jeanie Gentry. They were not here today as Jeanie is recovering from eye surgery. The Farr's, Cureton's, Wilkins, Heidi Howcroft, and Darolyn DeWitt. I will miss seeing Sister Flake and Brother Webb, our returned missionaries holding hands. Hopefully we will use the time we would be working in the temple to do family history research. I want my friend Maxine to come over and show me how she gets so many names.
I had some dizziness today, probably from taking 3 Tramadol's and not eating enough. We stopped at Sonic on the way home where I got a drink and a chicken slider. After eating I immediately felt better.
There was rain all throughout the area today. Ours didn't come until after dark. Kim and Brian left earlier today and took a picture on the front porch for me.
Our electricity went off this afternoon so we headed back to town. James had to pick up a toilet to take to the Peeler's on Monday. While he was in Lowe's I walked around the parking lot. When I said goodbye to Kim Seaman today she told me she had always loved me and that she loved Dennis too. They had their 50th high school reunion last night and she visited with him a few minutes. She said he had a great wife and I agreed. I called Dennis and Denise and Denise said she works with the Seaman's daughter Kirsten at the hospital. That is so weird that Kim has a daughter named Kirsten. I had a little girl in my class when I taught school named Kirsten and that was almost Stacy's name. I was afraid if I named her Kirsten people would call her Kursten.
Back at home James's truck was dead. He charged it and asked if I wanted to go for a ride on the mountain to charge it. I'm glad I went because we saw these cute guys:
almost always get a good picture.
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