We had a remarkable
experience yesterday going with Trey Gores to the temple! He was baptized three
weeks ago and has been researching family names on Family Search. Since he is only 13 he does not have a long
line of deceased relatives, BUT his dad died when he was 4 years old and he
really wanted to do his baptism. So, his
grandma LuAnn Sims helped him put his info into a Family Search account, put
his dad’s name in and printed it out. Sister
Blanchard then helped do some more
research and was able to print out his father’s father, his grandfather Gores
and he did the baptism for him as well.
And one of the neat things
is that the whole family went to the temple yesterday and waited in the lobby
while he was in the temple. Sisters
Humpherys, Pead, Paul and Kim went into the temple and Paul performed the
baptisms. It was a pretty neat thing and
several temple officiators came in to watch.
The significance of that event was very touching, Brother Love has
told us that he has felt Trey’s dad present when they have had their Sunday
school lessons! Celebrations from the other side of the veil for sure!
So, in the lobby was Bob
Cushman, LuAnn’s boyfriend (nonmember) Arayah (nonmember) Jayden and LuAnn,
both members. So cool!
We went to dinner together before and afterward we celebrated by stopping by for Graeter's ice cream, an Ohio favorite!
What a very special special evening!
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