Monday, August 15, 2011

Eternity... HERE WE COME!!!


As some of you may know, trying to get sealed after you've already been sealed once is quite the ordeal. Steve and I worked on our sealing cancellations/clearance since August of last year and it was quite the emotional trial. Finding addresses for former spouses, former spouses not accepting letters from our bishop, returned letters that added complications, ward changes, etc. Finally, at the end of June, all our paperwork was compiled and completed, and our Stake President sent it all in to the First Presidency.

The next few weeks were filled with much prayer and fasting by our friends and family on our behalf. We prayed that the approval letters would come in time for us to be sealed when my family would be in town the first weekend in August. Day after day, week after week we waited for the letters. Finally, they arrived on July 29th.

Immediately, Steve called the Salt Lake Temple to see if they had any openings at all for August 5, just one week away. Not only did they have an opening, but they had four or five! We could not believe it!!! We scheduled the sealing and called everyone to let them know.

It was an amazing experience being in the temple with my sweetheart. The temple workers were so sweet and so excited for us. It was really really warm in there (which I think added to the special attention that we received) but we were so thrilled.

I'm grateful beyond words for a loving Heavenly Father, who knew the desires of my heart... to share this moment with my family, to be in the temple that I wanted, and before Trevor was born. It made the whole experience that much more special.

So, how does it feel being sealed to your best friend and all the children that you will have together? AMAZING! There was such a sense of relief and comfort. We didn't even realize how much it was weighing on us that we needed that sacred ordinance.

Eternity is going to be wonderful.