November 16th 2013- Endowed from On High

November 16th 2013

It'd time I wrote about it.

It started for me actually on the November 14th 2013. My wonderful friend Jessica flew in from LA to support me that weekend and I couldn't have been more thankful. I met Jess in Utah for EFY training and spent 2 weeks with her and her team. Needless to say I felt like I had met a long lost sister. Her flying into Calgary for a 54 hour trip meant the world to me.

I figured I would have to show her how awesome Calgary is in such a short amount of time, but it was possible. From a Poutine to a Flames Hockey game, we did as much as we could. We shopped and laughed and even went two stepping for a bit :)

The following day we drove down to Lethbridge to visit our mutal friends and have a delicious dinner with them. Needless to say from the Roadshow and the dinner there was laughs all the way. We stayed the night at the gorgeous Charlotte Etches house and even then the laughs kept going.

At 7:30 am we hopped back in the car and drove back to Calgary. I was all a jitter and nervous, mainly about not getting home on time, but also because of the kind of day it was going to be. THANK GOODNESS WE LEFT WHEN WE DID!!! The roads turned pretty nasty quickly which made me nervous while driving, but no sooner as we got home we found out that the roads got closed from Lethbridge to Calgary due to weather. I'm telling ya, someone was not wanting me to go.

After speaking with my sister Sally and shedding way to many tears that she wasn't going to be there. Oh how I wish she could have been, I got dressed and ready for the day. 

Dress was steamed. Bag was packed. Lets go.

The Temple is honestly one of my favorite places on earth. The building alone is beautiful, but when you are inside such a beautiful place, it really does make you feel that much closer to our Heavenly Father. It's a great place just go and be.

Obviously for sacred reasons I won't disclose what happened inside the Temple. But I can describe how I felt.

There was nothing better than seeing all the people I love most in the world, (minus my family and close friends who couldn't make it for various reasons) all there supporting me on that amazing day. I couldn't stop crying not only for the joy that was taking place, but because I really and truly felt the support and love that these people had for me. These people had risked driving in BRUTAL weather conditions, and didn't seem to mind.

I know that the sacred things that happened in the Temple that day were true. There is NO WAY to deny the amazing peace and power that is felt in the Temple. It really is the Lord's house. I can not believe there was a time when I thought it was okay to give up on making it to the Temple. Oh gosh am I so glad I didn't.

How lucky am I??

Since going through the Temple I have managed to go once a week and will strive to continue to do that. I learn something new EVERY time I go. I find my weeks are better, I am kinder, and my heart is more full.
 

I love to see the temple.

I'm going there someday

To feel the Holy Spirit,

To listen and to pray.

For the temple is a house of God,

A place of love and beauty.

I'll prepare myself while I am young;

This is my sacred duty.

I love to see the temple.

I'll go inside someday.

I'll covenant with my Father;

I'll promise to obey.

For the temple is a holy place

Where we are sealed together.

As a child of God, I've learned this truth:

A family is forever.

-Janice Kapp Perry "I love to see the Temple"

Here are some photos from the weekend. They're a little out of order and apparently my computer doesn't want me switching them around....

It was too cold outside the Temple for photo's but as we walked to the car my dad took some of me messing around , and then a cute of my and mum. Once we got back home we took a few "selfies" just so I would have something.

-Stay Beautiful xoxo