Fourth Week of Our Mission

Sister Frost in President Young's Office in the Beehive House

Church Office Building - Beautiful Gardens

Our Zone Meeting - We Love the Sisters

 

4^th Week of Our Mission

Salt Lake Temple Square Mission

June 30, 2013

 

Another week is behind us and what a week it was for us.  We felt the spirit in abundance and made some memorable contacts.  We were inspired by the Lord and felt His hand in everything we did.  Our mouths were opened and we have shared our testimonies.  Kimm particularly felt His loving influence in that words and thoughts came freely to her and her confidence is growing with each passing day.

We are still enjoying being in the Beehive House each morning.  Because of the summer months numerous groups of people and youth are on Temple Square and many have been going through Brigham’s home.    Taggart and Kimm are now well acquainted with the house and enjoy the beauty and serenity of it.  It is so fun to share the history of Brigham Young and his family and bear testimony that he was a Prophet of God.

This last week Taggart did something different while we were at the Tabernacle.  He decided to go out on the front steps and answer any questions the visitors might have.  This has become a great moment in capturing people on the Square.  They are coming to the organ recital and waiting and Taggart can share his knowledge and testimony with them.  He had crowds of hundreds!  It reminded us of the time when missionaries stood on a soapbox and bore testimony to a crowd.  The spirit really guided him and at some points tears were visible in his eyes. He continues every day in answering the questions of those who gather around the Tabernacle before the organ recital. The crowd will range from 200 to 350 during the summer months

We had numerous contacts with people and are finding ourselves spending hours with some of the visitors.  On Friday a German couple came to the organ recital and we started talking.  They shared their beliefs and we shared ours.  We took them to the replica of the temple and many questions were asked.  They were very open to our words and at the end of the visit we shared with them a German Book of Mormon.  They were thrilled to receive it!  On Saturday, we had another special experience.  On that day we met up with a couple from Ohio.  They were members of the Church of Christ.  They were especially touched going through the “God’s plan for Families” exhibit.  We were all just crying and he expressed himself so well while we sat in the last room.   They hugged us and we hugged back.  They were truly touched by what they saw and heard for the Holy Ghost was present throughout their visit on Temple Square.  Also, we have to mention a couple we met from New Jersey.  We spent three different days with them and took them to almost all of the sites on Temple Square. They were members of the Lutheran faith.  They were just delightful and we knew that the spirit was in abundance as we talked. 

On Saturday we spent five hours with a couple from Seattle, Washington. He was a member of the Church and she was a member of the Catholic faith. We went everywhere with them and spent almost the whole day sharing all the sites on Temple Square.  They seemed to devour everything we said and were open to our responses.   He was very contemplative and she seemed inquisitive.  We went to “Joseph Smith Prophet of the Restoration” and we believe after the film their mindset had changed toward the Church.  At the end of the day we parted with lots of hugs and he suggested that there was a reason why they visited that day.  We felt the same way.   We will keep in touch with them and hopefully the spirit touched them enough to make a change in their lives.