I took a big step forward in my life when I decided to take out my endowments in the Temple. I had talked with my bishop a few months ago and told him I'd like to do this if I wasn't engaged by the December when I'd turn 25. When I attended the temple to do baptisms for the dead I felt the spirit so strongly and I knew I loved being there and wanted to be there. Over the next month I attended a few temple prep classes in a singles ward but didn't stick with it and got distracted with every day life. When I started going to my home ward I decided to take the class from the beginning. As I took the class and prayed more deeply about this decision I was feeling more ready and prepared. After the class finished near the end of December I got my recommend and set a date. I went the the Brigham City Temple open house back in September and was so drawn to the beauty and spirit that was there, knowing that the Logan temple would be closed the first few weeks of the new year I made my appointment at Brigham. I cannot tell you how many obstacle satan threw in my path those few days before. I had planned on having my immediate family there with me that day but a few days before my oldest brother, from out of town pipes froze in their house, they wouldn't be able to come. My brother in law's parents were supposed to watch my nephew so he and Sara could attend, but they got food poisoning the night before. That day we were running late because the car we were going to take had a dead battery. Once we got it charged we figured it would be safe to take. No more that five minutes from brigham the car started flashing all these lights, the power steering stopped working and as we barely got to pull over before it completely died. At that time I was supposed to already be at the temple. Luckily we had cell phone reception so we made multiple calls to see who was closest and could help. I was relatively calm but starting to get anxious. My friend Kaylee was in the back seat and called the temple to tell them of the dilemma. After she hung up she said that we would be fine, the lady had told her "The Lord was with us." I was touched by that and started crying, hoping we would find help. Family members were on their way but it would take awhile for them to arrive. I continued praying and a truck pulled up behind us. A man walked up to the car and said that he was going the other direction and saw two girls in church clothes on the side of the road and that "it looked like you were going somewhere important." We told him we were going to the Temple to which he said his wife was at the same one now, that he could give us a ride there. I have never accepted a ride with complete strangers, but I could sense he was good. We got in the truck with him and his son and arrived at the temple about 10 minutes later. At that point I knew that the Lord was with us and that He will never leave us stranded. I was able to make the session I'd planned for and it was a beautiful experience. I am so very reminded of Helaman 5:12
And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the arock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your bfoundation;
that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts
in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty cstorm
shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down
to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye
are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build
they cannot fall.
Satan didn't want me at the temple, he didn't want me to progress and be closer to God. I am so glad he didn't succeed.
