Monday, June 12, 2017

Star Valley Wyoming Temple

 We loved visiting the Star Valley Temple.

It's very small, and only does a few sessions a day.  We actually weren't able to get into an endowment session because it was Memorial Day weekend and they were packed.  So we did some sealings instead and that turned out to be a great experience.

We ended up having to wait for there to be workers available to be witnesses.  So the sealer just visited with us for quite a while.  He told us some neat things about the temple.  There are large stained glass windows that feature a pink flower.  He explained that the flower is a local plant commonly known as fire weed.  It is a local plant.  Whenever there is a fire, the fire weed is the first thing to rise from the ashes and begin anew the process of bringing life to the forest.  I thought that was pretty neat, both in how the temple incorporated some local flora as well as the powerful symbolism in how the Savior is able to renew life.

We had a great experience at this temple.  We loved getting to know the people and seeing the symbolism depicted.  And we also really enjoyed the setting of this temple, nestled among the beautiful mountains of Wyoming.





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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Los Angeles California Temple

The Los Angeles Temple is beautiful. But one of the most interesting things about visiting this temple, was the extreme contrast that we experienced in one day.  We spent the morning at this temple and then we drove to Hollywood for the evening.

There were some neat famous landmarks in Hollywood, but there was a very noticeable difference between the temple and the big city night life.  I was happy to have experienced the peace of the temple.  I'm glad we were able to visit this beautiful House of God.






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Monday, January 9, 2017

Provo City Center Temple


The Provo City Center Temple is really special.  I have lots of memories of coming  to the tabernacle for various choir performances or other events.  So it was really neat to be able to go inside and see how it has been transformed.

Robyn and I did this temple as part of our Anniversary trip in October.  (I know, I'm really slow about updating this blog.)  It was super neat to see not only how the inside has transformed, but the outside as well.  The underground parking was particularly interesting, with the main entrance to the temple being underground.  I don't think I've ever entered through an underground entrance before.  (The Salt Lake temple has an above ground entrance that sends you underground to get to the temple, but that's the closest I can think of.)

As I was in this temple I spent a lot of time thinking about transformation.  The temple has transformed from a tabernacle into something greater.  I think each of us go through that transformation in our lives.  It's excited to think that the temple itself aids us in our transformation as we try to become more like our Heavenly Father.  It truly is an amazing place.




The underground entrance

A selfie in front of the entrance.  Sorry it's so dark.


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