MISSIONARY MOMENTSKEVIN - Talking with Kevin on Christmas morning was definitely a major highlight! He is doing well and is very happy. Plus, he truly loves the work and the people of California.
TAMMY - With Tammy's departure just around the corner, we've been extremely busy trying to pull everything together. We've shopped for things, boxed things, thrown away things and packed things. We've talked, laughed and sometimes cried. I'm going to miss her terribly but am so grateful for these last few weeks we've had together.
HOLINESS TO THE LORDThe month of December has included not one, but several incredible moments at the Temple. Our most recent experience was at the Ogden Temple where Tammy, Ken and I were able to do the work for family names. Ken's cousin offered us three family names he had prepared so we were able to do their ordinances, including sealing each of them to their parents. It was an extremely memorable experience as we knelt in a sealing room of the Ogden Temple with Tammy and did the work for our own ancestors. Definitely a moment I hope we can repeat again some day! Someone shared this special poem with me that really describes how I feel about the Temple:
IF I COULD WALK WHERE JESUS WALKED
If I could go to Galilee and walk where Jesus walked,
And sit in tender grasses on the hillside where he taught,
If I could feel a gentle breeze that lifted from the sea,
Where he chose the humble fishermen, how full my heart would be.
If I could sit and ponder on a rock that knew his hand,
Or walk along the seashore where his feet had touched the sand,
My spirit yearns within me, but it doesn't seem my fate,
I'll never walk where Jesus walked, I'll never see . . . but wait!
I've worshiped in His temple, where I know He's walked before,
Have His feet been down this hallway? Have His fingers touched this door?
Has He stood here in this very room and looked at what I see?
In the beauty of His temple I feel His love for me.
I close my eyes and picture Him, my worries melt away,
I don't need to go to Galilee or travel far away,
For my tender heart is filled with what He wants me to be taught,
And my testimony burns within . . . I've walked where Jesus walked!
*Author Unknown
If I could go to Galilee and walk where Jesus walked,
And sit in tender grasses on the hillside where he taught,
If I could feel a gentle breeze that lifted from the sea,
Where he chose the humble fishermen, how full my heart would be.
If I could sit and ponder on a rock that knew his hand,
Or walk along the seashore where his feet had touched the sand,
My spirit yearns within me, but it doesn't seem my fate,
I'll never walk where Jesus walked, I'll never see . . . but wait!
I've worshiped in His temple, where I know He's walked before,
Have His feet been down this hallway? Have His fingers touched this door?
Has He stood here in this very room and looked at what I see?
In the beauty of His temple I feel His love for me.
I close my eyes and picture Him, my worries melt away,
I don't need to go to Galilee or travel far away,
For my tender heart is filled with what He wants me to be taught,
And my testimony burns within . . . I've walked where Jesus walked!
*Author Unknown
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Well, the holidays are officially over! We wish for each of you a wonderful New Year!
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2 comments:
Hi Janell,
Well I've now had a good cry for the day. What beautiful and tender moments. These are the kind you just hold close and can never really describe. The kids look great! I look forward to our temple adventures.
Amen.
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