It has been a year since Uncle Bob died and dad realized the time had come to do his temple work while we were here on our mission, so we asked Julie to do the paper work to get it temple ready. After many hours of learning she sent us the temple ready paper and we were ready to go. We planned a day and called for an appointment at the Albuquerque Temple to do the work only to find out there was a slight problem. Being a little disappointed, we didn't do anything for a couple of months. One day while traveling down the road, I got the distinct impression that we should once again try to schedule an appointment for Uncle Bob. I told dad I was going to call the temple and make it happen. So we called and made the appointment. Everything was going well, until one night four days before we were to go to Albuquerque Dad said, "We have a problem! I won't be able to do the baptism for Uncle Bob because of my infected leg. Wow! That was a stumbling block we weren't expecting. Dad was insistent that someone from the family do the work so we called Jeff. The Lord works in wonderous ways and he was able to get a business meeting schedule in Albuquerque on the same day that we had the appontment set for Uncle Bob's baptism! Wow! It still brings tears to my eyes to see how much the spirit works. So on Tuesday, November 8, Jeff flew in from Ohio, we met him and went to the Albuquerque Temple and Jeff was baptized for his Uncle Bob. It was a wonderous sight to see him in the font in proxy for his Uncle and knowing the sacrifice he made to do it. No where but in the church do we go over and beyond what is expected to give people blessings. Thank you Jeff! He took us out to dinner that night and spoiled us as usual. The next morning he left at 5:00 for another appointment and Dad and I went to the temple to complete his work. Uncle Bob is not ready for entrance into the Celestial Kingdom and we did all that was necessary for him to make that choice.
I will have to say that being in the temple that day was a glorious feeling. It has been a while since I have been to the temjple and I felt so close to the Lord and really felt the spirit. We were able to meeting the temple president, who by the way knew Richard Anderson, who served as mission president in Abuquerque. Small world huh? He complimented us on serving the Lord and coming to Albuqueruqe to do the work for Uncle Bob. We also sealed Uncle Jimmy to his parents that day too.
The gosepl is so worth it. We love our Savior Jesus Christ and all he does for us. We have been so blessed to be able to serve him. And we thank our beautiful children for loving us and supporting us. We miss you all. FAMIILIES ARE FOREVER!
