Friday, August 2nd was a very special day. John went to the temple to receive his endowment! It was a warm, sunny summer day, and we went to the 12:00 session at the Boston Temple (which, incidentally, is one of my favorite places in the world that is also just about as close as you can get to heaven! I may have mentioned that on here before 😉.). My dad was John's escort, and my mom was there too. It was a special and memorable experience with my eldest son, and I'm so happy and thankful that he's chosen to make these sacred covenants. They can be a game-changer in life if you let them be, and I hope that John will do just that for the rest of his life.
We didn't take as many pictures as I wanted because there was another family taking pictures on the lawn, but we still got some nice ones to commemorate this very special occasion.
With my parents/John's grandparents
He was off to Denver, Colorado for his mission almost one month exactly from this day!
Some of life's most valuable treasures are in this picture: the
temple,
The Book of Mormon, and my son.
Not necessarily in that order. 😉
John is not only physically strong, but spiritually strong! 😄
The temple is the best place you can go to get closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and to increase your spiritual strength.
I love this one of us. I'll always treasure it and what it means to me as a mother. 🤍
Later that day, his missionary tags arrived in the mail. Good timing!
He still had a little over a week until his mission began.
Now he's been on his mission for almost one month, with one week doing home MTC, two weeks at the Provo, Utah MTC (which he loved), and last Tuesday, he flew to Colorado and began his time in the field serving, inviting, and teaching others about God, Jesus Christ, and the gospel of Christ and
His restored church. It's the beginning of what I hope will be one of the greatest experiences of his life!
