Day 9: Today we started our temple lesson by watching this video below called "Temples Are a Beacon" about a family that sacrificed a lot to get to the temple. After the movie we talked about the sacrifices that this family made to get to the temple. What faith it must of taken to be […]
Read More »Day 8: Today we watched this inspiring video about John Rowe Moyle. Amazing! It is about 15 minutes long, but well worth the time to understand what it means to Act and to be Acted upon as he faithfully served as a stone mason on the Salt Lake Temple. So many sacrifices were given while […]
Read More »Day 7: Today, we talked about "The Sealing Room" and started with this video below. (Start at segment 7:21.) After we shared this part of the temple movie again, we talked about our Wedding Day. We were married in 2001, the summer of the attacks on the twin towers. What a blessing it was for […]
Read More »Day 6: Today, we shared the segment about "The Celestial Room" in the temple (start at 6:00). You can find the video here. We talked about how the Celestial Room is a place of meditation and prayer. It is a very peaceful and beautiful room. After the video, we talked about how to pray by […]
Read More »Day 5: Today we shared a segment from Day 3's video about "The Instruction Room" starting at 4:51. We talked about how this room is where we learn more about the gospel of Jesus Christ. (this is a good opportunity to review "The Plan of Salvation" with the visuals from Day 1) We talked about […]
Read More »Day 4: We were out and about most of today and I wasn't sure if we would get a chance to teach the kids about the temple. Our two youngest children had fallen asleep before we got home. We tucked the little ones into bed and had a lesson with the two oldest. Our lesson […]
Read More »Day 3: Today was another fun night. Who said you could only have Family Home Evening once a week? I love it that we have been getting together as a family every night and teaching them about the temple and then doing an activity. Tonight we watched this great video about the different rooms in […]
Read More »Day 2: Today, we talked about the History of Temples. Here's a great article starting with Moses and talking about 23 other temples around the world. We started early today by building The Tabernacle that Moses was instructed to build. It was a portable temple that would travel with the Israelites as they wondered in […]
Read More »If you are a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and you live in Arizona, then you probably know all about what happens on January 18th. The Gilbert Temple will have it's Open House starting that day until the middle of February. What's a temple Open House? Well, the temple will […]
Read More »Merry Christmas! It has finally arrived. I want the world to know how much I am eternally grateful for Jesus Christ’s birth. For His perfect example of love, kindness, gentleness, meekness, patience, service, humility and so much more. As I have studied the scriptures and tried to follow His example, I have felt closer to […]
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