They shall come running!!!!!

Today, like I have for 4 days a week since the beginning of the semester, have the privelege of seeing the hand of God 5 times on my way to and from school. Living in Utah, we are blessed to have so many temples nearby. There are two in one city that we can see from our street. I can see another from the front window of our home. And we pass two others on the way to school. So every time we drive to school I ALWAYS look to see where the temples are. Well this evening we were able to go to the Draper Temple to do sealings for our stake conference coming up this week. What a great turn out. We had 144 people there. Our sealer was fantastic. He was excellent at explaining to us different aspects of the sealing ceremony. He related a story of a 3 year old little girl that was sealed to her parents recently. She was adopted and her mom had told her over and over again that after one year she would be able to be sealed to them and that she would be theirs forever and ever. Well the day came and they go to the sealing room and when our sealer asked the parents to come to the altar and then asked this little girl to come join them, she pushed the temple worker aside and ran to the altar and slammed he hands down. The sealer related this story to the little girls(and boys for that matter) that have been waiting for years and years for us to do the work for them that they cannot do for themselves. The picture of that in my head will stick with me for ever. Any time I do work in the temple I will always picture that person running for the chance to have the work done for them. So today, the hand of God was evident in the sealing power of the priesthood. How awesome it is to know that our Heavenly Father has allowed us to be with our families for eternities, not just this life. I am so thankful that I have been sealed to my sweet wife and that if we stay true to our covenants that our relationship with last through eternity and not just this short journey we are on through mortal life. I am thankful for that sealer who felt it necessary to share the meanings and promises of the sealing.

I would like to share an experience that happened today. Our bishop asked our ward to fast today for those in our ward boundries that are hurting financially, emotionally, or spirtually. Unfortunatly Kati and I forgot all about it. Anyways, our home teacher came today and shared a message that was directed for us. He and his wife had thought a lot about what the bishop asked us to do and had done it and he shared a passage in 3 Nephi 27 about the Apostles, after they had left the presence of Christ, how they united themselves in fasting and prayer. As they did this Christ appeared to them and ministered unto them. The way our home teacher explained this made complete sense to us. As we have gone through the trials of the last couple weeks, we have seen the hand of God in our lives EVERY day. I have never been on the receiving end of so many prayers and fasting. It is amazing the power that comes from a united prayer and fast among a group of people. Thank you to all our family members and friends that have pleaded with the Lord in our behalf. We appreciate and are forever grateful for your faith and support.