Twelfth Week of Our Mission

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The Temple in the Morning

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Twelfth Week of Our Mission

Salt Lake Temple Square Mission

August 25, 2013

We had quite the week of excitement as Temple Square missionaries.  On our “P” day the South Visitor’s Center was evacuated because of a chemical leak.  I (Kimm) had been manning the South Visitor’s Center just before this occurred because the sisters had a morning meeting and we worked for them.  Needless to say we were worried about the sisters, but only three had to go to the hospital.  Our main concern was that the chemical leak had been a deliberate act, however, a worker had just mixed the wrong chemicals that created this situation.  So, all was well, but there is always a concern that some mischief maker could play havoc on the Square.

Of course, as mentioned last week, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland came to visit the sisters and share his testimony.  The excitement for an apostle to come was electric and on the day of his visit everyone was in their seats promptly.  Unfortunately, he had a meeting that morning so he only got to stay with us a very short time.  What impressed us most was his love and concern for the sisters.  Missionary work was the theme of his comments telling us that we are all investigators and we must always do what we tell our investigators to do.  He also was very personal sharing from his own history.  We did not realize that he was a first generation member of the church and that each day, every day, he thought back to his own mission as a young man.  After his comments, he opened up the floor for questions.  The time went too quickly and so he had to go.  He had promised to shake all the hands of the sisters, but time did not permit.  He told the sisters that he would return and we hope he will.

Also, we had the opportunity to go to the temple this week with our district.  We so appreciate these sisters love and support for us because they waited for us to complete our shift on Temple Square before we went.  Sister Gillette (our mission president’s wife) had given us family names so it was extra special.  Afterwards, we treated the sisters to pizza and ice cream at our apartment.  It was fun to get to know them on a more personal level.  We love them! 

I (Kimm) had the opportunity to give a talk to the sisters prior to their hiking to the top of Ensign Peak this week.  I had not realized what a significant peak this was in church history and so it was fun for me to research this sacred site.  I felt the spirit in abundance and tears flowed freely. 

Well, we did have a minor miracle today.  As we were greeting people after the organ recital a couple from Idaho starting talking to Taggart about the Conference Center.  After that visit they then proceeded to come and talk with me and two sister missionaries.  The first comment out of their mouths was, “How can we get the missionaries to come to Tressa’s house?”  (Tressa was the non-member with the member.)  Anyway, they told us that they had tried to contact the missionaries without any success.  They had become very discouraged when no one responded to their invitation to come and teach.  We jumped at the chance to be part of the teaching experience.  So we called them tonight and tomorrow we start missionary discussions!  How great is that!