A Really Cool Place

Last week Travis and I were able to go to the temple and I had two really neat experiences that I would like to share.

Neat experience #1: About an hour before we left for the temple we found out that some of our friends were getting a divorce. They had been married about 1 1/2 years and he found out some things about her he wasn't ok with and he left. When we found this out it kind of shook us up. They seemed like a solid couple that were really in love and willing to work things out. We talked about this the whole ride down to St. George. We went through our session and made it into the Celestial room. I was walking around and looking into the sealing rooms and had an overwhelming peace come upon me. Looking in that room I knew that Travis and I will be together for all of eternity. We will have hard times, but nothing will be strong enough to tear us apart. This was such an amazing feeling and was so reassuring after the sad news we had just heard.

Neat experience #2: As I mentioned in my previous post I got my wisdom teeth out. The healing process was long and hard. They had been out for a week and I was still in a lot of pain. I went back to the dentist thinking I had dry socket only to find out that some food had gotten in the holes and was rotting (sick, I know). He cleaned it out and told me to continue to clean the sockets out and I should be good. Wrong. I was still in just as much pain as before he cleaned it out. (To make matters worse every time I took a Loratab I threw it up). By the time Saturday rolled around (the day we went to the temple) I was fed up with the whole situation. I was in so much pain, out of ideas of what to do, and completely frustrated that it seemed like there was nothing I could do about it. I took enough Ibuprofen to get me through the next couple of hours and we went to our session. While I was in the temple I knew that if I had enough faith in my Heavenly Father he would heal me. I said a prayer in the Celestial room and told Heavenly Father that I do have faith in him and asked that he would take some of the pain away from me so I could complete my day to day tasks. Sure enough, the Lord took care of me and lifted me up when I needed it. I wasn't instantly healed, but the pain level dropped drastically and it has continued to drop as time has gone on. It has been two weeks since I had them taken out and I am almost 100% better.

I am so grateful for the blessings I have received in the temple, and that I know I will continue to receive. I want anyone who is able to go to the temple to go. We can always make up excuses and reasons to not go, but I know that when we do go we are blessed beyond measure. I am so thankful for this church and the knowledge is gives me.