Mesa, Arizona
7th operating temple
Dedicated: 23-26 Oct 1927
By: Heber J. Grant
Jesus Christ, Types of, in Anticipation
2 Nephi 11:4
Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth of the coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of Moses been given; and all things which have been given of God from the beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him.
Book of Mormon
Alma 36:1-24
Come Follow Me
Acts 10:17, 20 Spiritual Defining Moments
AprGenCon
"My Mind Caught Hold Upon This Thought of Jesus Christ" Elder Neil L. Andersen
This morning Perkin's Cinders delivered a load of dirt for the backyard. Now we have a dirt mountain in our dirt yard.
As I was getting ready to go to the temple this afternoon, Kim texted and asked if I had heard that Pat Holland had passed away. No, I had not. I knew Elder Holland had been sick but I didn't know his wife was ill too. I heard Sister Holland speak in Mesa years ago when she was in the General Young Women's Presidency with Ardeth G. Kapp. They both spoke and it was a wonderful evening. Two of my favorite speakers.
This afternoon James and I went to the temple to do sealings. I have 12 couple sealings. I thought the sessions were 30 minutes so I only took six of them into the session. We would have had time to do all 12 because the sessions are an hour long.
We left the house at 3 p.m. As we were driving towards Snowflake on the 77 I looked down and the temperature was 101. Wow! That is hot for this part of Arizona. On the way home is was overcast and cool with rain in some areas. The temperature had cooled down to 76.
James and I love going to the temple and feeling the Spirit that is there. It was no different today. Brother Johnson who was a former counselor to President Hancock the temple president before President Palmer. There were two other couples, the Williams's and the Jackson's. There were also two temple workers who came in to be witnesses. One of them was an old friend from high school, Barry Flake.
The first thing we did was remove the kneeling bench on the sisters side and put in a chair. Sister Jackson and Sister Williams neither one can kneel. I have to admit that I used the chair too. Here are the couples we sealed together from my family lines:
Stephen T. Wilson & Sarah Wilson Rutledge
John William Joyner & Mattie J. Tyson
Franklin Alexander & Pattie Strickland
Charlies Lewis Smith & Lila Mae Parker
Pinkney J. Strickland & I. A. Williams
William Francis Wright & Margaret E. Walker
Most of these are my grandpa Strickland's relatives, but Sarah Wilson Rutledge and Margaret E. Walker are both from Nannie's line.
We went through Sonic and got chicken Slingers and a small order of mozzarella sticks before going home.
Although it can be hot in the afternoons here the evenings are still beautiful. I noticed as I looked at the names I did this week that I did the initiatory for Sarah Wilson Rutledge, her endowment and now today her sealing to her husband. I almost feel like I know her and someday I will.
Next week I will be in the valley. James and I are planning an endowment session on Tuesday at the Gilbert temple. Maybe we can get Kim or Stacy to go with us. Sheri already has a monthly schedule and she likes to go to the 7:00 session. That's a little too early.
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