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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Keeping Holiness: what my temple shoe covering experience taught me... / Garder la Sainteté: ce que mon expérience en couvrant des chaussures au temple m'enseigna... / Mantener la Santidad: lo que mi experiencia con cubre zapatos en el templo me enseño...

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I moved to Gilbert just at the right moment, just on time for many great events, but, even if all these events were really exciting, there was not event for which I was looking forward to with so much enthusiasm as the Gilbert temple dedication. I had many good experiences and deep thoughts as I was preparing for that great event, and it would take more than a single blog post to share all I experienced with it, but one of the greatest blessings I received as part of that temple dedication was to be volunteer at the temple, and I want to share why...

Yes, by being volunteer, it meant that I would be able to attend the dedication not at a stake center, as the majority of members in our temple district, but INSIDE the temple! Yes, by being volunteer, it meant that I would probably be able to see president Eyring and president Monson, and who knows, maybe to shake their hands. And yes, those three things happened: I was inside the temple for the first session of the dedication, I saw president Eyring coming in, and yes, I saw president Monson, and I also shook his hand! I felt really happy about it!

Those were three great blessings, indeed! But, for me, the greatest blessing was to put shoe covers on the feet of those who were attending the dedication inside the temple. Yes, I believe that it was a great blessing. It might seem something really simple and worthless (specially when we compare it to shaking the hand of the prophet), but as I was getting ready to do that, I thought about the example of my Savior, and this picture came to my mind:



I invite you to read and study about this humbling and powerful moment from the Savior's life in John 13, when, as he was preparing for the greatest and hardest event of his life, "He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples'feet, and to wipe them with the tower wherewith he was girded." (verses 4-5)

Then the Lord says in verses 14-15: 
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

When I ponder about this event and these word from the Savior, I feel the desire to be more humble and willing to serve my brothers and sisters, as He did. We are all children of God, equal, and if the one who was the greatest washed the feet of his disciple, why won`t we do the same with our brothers and sister?

Now, why does shoe covers reminded me of this episode of the Savior's life? Well, I wasn't washing feet that Sunday morning before the temple dedication, but because of my little service, I was helping those who entered that place that was to be dedicated to the Lord to enter with "clean feet"... or shoes. The temple is all white and clean, and I am sure that many would had left some marks on the carpets inside if they hadn't been covered (specially after the pouring rain that we got the previous night). In a certain way, I was helping those persons to be "clean" to enter inside the temple.

I had a wonderful time putting those shoe covers on those who came. What I liked the most was when I was putting them on young children or teens. I was doing this for those who were attending the dedication in the celestial room, so these children and teens were going to witness that event in the same room where the prophet and general authorities as the temple presidency would be. It was a great privilege for them. So, during the about 20 seconds while I was putting shoe covers on their shoes, I was trying to converse with them and to invite them to enjoy that marvelous spiritual experience, to be receptive to the Spirit and to write and remember always the feelings they would have during this sacred event. As I was doing this, I remembered the words of the Savior: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me"

I don't pretend to have the authority to "clean" someone just because putting shoe covers was for me a similar experience to the Savior washing the feet of his apostles. I know that the only person who can decide if someone is clean or not to enter the temple, is those who represent the Savior, as bishops or stake presidents. But, as the Savior invited us to do in John 13:14-15, he asks us to follow His example and to help people to be clean. This experience with the shoe covers made me ponder about how I could help my brothers and sisters to be clean and worthy to enter the temple and to keep the temple Holy, as I had helped those who went for the dedication had their shoes "clean" to enter this sacred building and to keep that place clean. It made me ponder about how our youth and children need good examples and leaders to teach them how to be clean and worthy of the temple blessings. But how can we do this? These are some ideas I got (feel free to comment and add other ideas. Some ideas are found in this talk from last Relief Society general conference):

  • By attending the temple regularly and testifying of the blessings from it.
  • By writing in my journal (and also on this blog) about the importance that the temple has for me and how I keep myself clean and worthy to enter the House of the Lord regularly, to leave that legacy to my future children and to the youth with whom I love to work (this was actually a feeling that I had at the last Relief Society general conference last September, as our leaders talked about keeping our covenants and of the importance of the temple, and that feeling was enhanced at the temple dedication).
  • By living everyday as a covenant keeper woman of the church, striving to be an example for others as I live the commandments, and showing the joy that I feel as I keep my covenants.
  • By dressing modest to show the respect that I have for my body, which is a temple, and to help the brethren as they strive to keep clean thoughts, and the sisters to know how to dress properly.
  • By giving my love and support to those who are struggling to be clean enough to enter the House of the Lord. Many of our brothers and sisters need help in these latter-days where the enemy is fighting to make us fail in our efforts to live virtuous principles, and we have to reach out those who had failed and give them our support. That can make all the difference in their lives. A great joy fills our hearts when we witness someone entering to the temple after many months or years struggling with their unworthiness to enter the House of the Lord, and when we know that, at some point of their lives, we did something that helped them to do the necessary efforts and see their gratitude, it's a great feeling of peace and gratitude for being an instrument in the hand of God to help and bless our brothers and sisters. They need our support! We need the support from each other.
  • By encouraging those who already are temple worthy to keep going to the temple and to remember their covenants. Not because someone is temple worthy means that keeping their covenants is easy for them, and if we show them our support for the efforts they make, it can give them the motivation to keep doing those efforts.
I am grateful for this experience. It has helped me to understand better how I can be more like my Savior and how I can serve better my brothers and sisters in this great work of Salvation. 

That is a reason why I love president Monson, because he had always been someone who loves people, who seeks for the guidance of the Spirit to know how to reach out to others, and who never delays a prompting from the Spirit. He serves others, and I believe that, on this earth, he is one of the greatest. So, when he shook my hand, I had a feeling of gratitude because I was having so close to me a man who is a great example of showing the pure love to Christ to others, and because before he shook my hand, that same hand had been following his example, and the example of Christ, of serving others and helping them to enter the temple with clean shoes, so my "hand" was "worthy" to touch his sweet hand who had done so much good in the world everyday.
I didn't took pictures of it that day but this is what I was doing...


Sunday, February 2, 2014

Temple worker VS mother in Zion / Travailleuse au temple VS Mère en Sion / Obrera en el templo VS Madre en Sion

With my baby nephew
Avec mon neveu nouveau né
Con mi sobrino recien nacido
My temple slippers and my temple worker name tag
Mes pantoufles du temple et ma plaque de travailleuse
Mi zapatos del templo y mi placa de obrera
























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Temple worker VS Mother in Zion


I miss to be temple worker! I served as an ordinance temple worker in the Montreal Quebec Temple from September 2012 to January 2013 and from August to November 2013, until I moved to Arizona. Serving the Lord's faithful people in His Holy House was one of the best experiences I ever had... and I wasn't the only one to believe that! Many young mothers who were coming to the temple told me things like: “Oh you are so lucky! I wish I could be temple worker too, but I can’t!” or “Oh I wish I could be single again and work at the temple as you do” or “Oh I would love to have time to do this work too now that my kids are getting old, but I can’t yet”. In fact, for your information, mothers have to wait until their children are 18 to become temple workers. That’s why many of these ladies who are raising kids can’t be temple workers now, and they were desirous to be in my shoes and to receive the blessings of working at the temple.

I’ve been pondering about these conversations with these faithful women, and I would like to share my thoughts about how I see my work as temple worker VS how I see the work of a mother in Zion, because I believe that there are not many difference between those great works...
As temple worker, I sacrificed about 7 hours every Saturday (+ about 90 minutes for transportation) to serve my God as I helped and guided His children who came to the temple. 
As a mother in Zion, you sacrifice at least 24 hours every day to serve your God as you help and guide His children who came to your family. 
 As temple worker, I studied and memorized the ordinances with the promises and blessings that are attached, and because of my language skills, I learned (or tried to learn) them in the three languages used in the Montreal temple (French, English and Spanish) to be able to help the patrons in their own language. 


As a mother in Zion, you study your scriptures and the teachings of the Gospel, ponder on the promises and blessings that the fidelity to the gospel and to our covenants bring, and, with your skills, imagination, and the tools available in your own family, you teach your children about those blessings, adapting your teachings to each of your child, depending on their own “language” (age, personality, behavior, disabilities, etc.) 
 As a temple worker, I greet people with a smile, sometimes even with a hug, showing them how happy I am to see them in the temple, and invite them to come back anytime. 


As a mother in Zion, you greet your children when you pick them up after school or other activities or when they come back home, with a smile, a hug and a kiss, showing them how happy you are when they are home, and inviting them to feel always part of your family, where they can turn at anytime. 
 As temple worker, I strive to keep my covenants every single day of my life, to be an example of how temple goer people should be and to be truth in my service as a temple worker. 


As a mother in Zion, you keep your covenants every single day of your life to be an example of how you expect your kids to behave and to be truth in your service as a parent in Zion. 
 As a temple worker, I dress appropriately to go to the temple (Sunday clothes) and inside the temple (my white temple dress), showing my respect to my body and covenants, and I put my name tag on so patrons can recognize me as a temple worker who is willing to help them during their temple experience. 


As a mother in Zion, you dress appropriately, as an example of how you expect your kids to be dressed, showing your respect for your body and covenants, and wearing your invisible name tag made of love, understanding, faith, patience, good works, so your children can recognize you as their parents, willing to help them through their lives. 
  As temple worker, I do my best to answer to the questions or needs of the patrons.


As mother in Zion, you do your best to answer the questions or needs of your children. 
 As temple worker, I provide the right clothing to the patrons, depending on which ordinances they are doing. I also do the laundry, and I iron those clothes, fold them and put them away to be sure that those who would come later will have the appropriate clothes to do the ordinances they came for.


As a mother in Zion, you buy and provide to your kids clothes (which is a challenge because there's not many modest clothing anymore for the children). You also do the mountains of laundry almost every day, and iron, fold and put those clothes away, to be sure that they would have the appropriate clothes for their daily activities, for school, church, sports, dance lessons, day at the beach, or at the snow, etc., showing the respect for their bodies. 
As temple worker, I attend a short meeting (kind of a short training) before my shift every day to learn from our leaders and from other temple worker’s experiences tips about temple work. 


As a mother in Zion, you attend parent’s meetings at school or primary, motherhood workshops  in your ward or community, or read blogs, consult books or websites, to learn tips for motherhood from specialists, church leaders and other mother’s experiences. 
As temple worker, I strive to make of the temple visit of each individual that I see at the temple an uplifting experience, giving them the desire to come back as much as their situation allows them to come.


As a mother in Zion, you strive to make of everyday in your home an uplifting experience for each of your children, to give them the desire to be with his family through all eternity. 
As temple worker, I ensure reverence and holiness inside the temple, whispering when I need to communicate with others, and treating others with respect and kindness, reminding everyone that they are attending the House of the Lord. 
As a mother in Zion, you ensure reverence and holiness in your homes, of course during family home evenings, on Sabbath day, and family spiritual meetings, but also on daily activities in the house, talking with kindness and respect to your children and in your couple, avoiding sarcasm and vulgar vocabulary, using wholesome music and media during the week, rejecting violent, vulgar, pornography or any other disturbing media to enter the walls of your homes, rejecting substances that could be harmful for the family as alcohol, cigarettes, etc., having a curfew and wise times to go to bed and to wake up in the mornings, and ensuring that any other righteous and virtuous principles that could help to keep the home holy are lived.

As temple worker, I report to the matron or the temple presidency of the things that I have to do and turn to them when I have questions or concerns about how to serve better my brothers and sisters.


As a mother in Zion, you report to the Lord of the work that you are doing with your children and turn to Him (usually with your husband, if you have one) when you have questions and concerns about how to serve and raise better your children. 
As temple worker, I make sure that the bathrooms are clean after baptisms.
 As a mother in Zion, you make sure that the bathroom, the kitchen, and well, all the house, are clean after every activity (or at least you try).
As a female temple worker, I support the priesthood holders who work in the temple with me in their own duties and responsibilities in the temple. I help them with the things that I can help, and I let them do what they have to do, trusting in their skills and their ability to receive revelation to do what they know they have to do. And I can feel their love and support in return.
As a mother in Zion, you support your husband (or, if you don't have a priesthood holder in your home, other brethren who bless you with their priesthood like other family members, home teachers, missionaries, etc.) in his responsibilities and duties as a priesthood holder, in your home as in his church callings, in his work and in his other projects. You help him with what you can help, maybe with a delicious dinner when he gets back home from work, or by ironing his white shirt for an early church meeting, or sending him a text message with a picture of the last masterpiece that your 18-months baby did on the wall to remind him how talented your children are. You make him feel that you trust him when he feels inpiration for your family and pray with him to do the right things together. And you can feel his love and support in return as he bless you with his priesthood.
As temple worker in a little temple like the Montreal one, when there are not enough patrons who come to do the work (like a winter Tuesday night when we only had a sister coming for a session, so there were more workers than patrons), I act as a proxy and do the ordinances for the people... (nothing can't stop this great work!)
As a mother in Zion, when your children need to have fun and they don't have other kids to play with them (and you don't want them to play with the TV all day, but with real people), you act like them and play with them... come on, we all love to come back to our childhood and do the silliest things possible... and with children, we have the perfect excuse! You can roll on the floor, making funny faces and sounds, having a shouting competition with your terrible two, and just have fun and remember your childhood! Nothing (even the tons of laundry, the messy kitchen or even the homework) can stop those fun family bonding moments!
As a temple worker, I help patrons with all they need to enter in the celestial room. Enough said!
As a mother in Zion, you teach your children to get to know their Heavenly Father, to prepare them to make sacred covenants in the temple someday (and to serve a full-time mission and/or to get sealed in the temple), and to stay faithful, so someday, because of your teachings and your help to remember and apply the principles of the gospel in their life, they would be found worthy to enter in the presence of their Heavenly Father, and to live with Him [and with you and all your family] for all eternity.

Thank you for being there for your children... As you can see, being temple worker is not really different from being a mother in Zion! Just ensure that your home is a holy place, where the Spirit can dwell and where your children can feel it and learn the principles of the gospel, and keep attending regularly the temple to get more instruction of how to make of your home a piece of heaven on earth, and you will be a temple worker too, in your own home!

I've kinda done both... I mean, I've been a "stay-at-home aunt" for 18 months, when I took care of my nephew when my parents got the custody. And I've been temple worker for 10 months. Those were two great experiences that I cherish with all my  heart. But if I had to choose between being a mother in Zion or being a temple worker, I would choose to be a mother in Zion, because the best way to prepare future generations to make sacred covenants, enter the temple, and enter in the presence of God someday, is in the home!





Travailleuse au temple VS Mère en Sion

Ça me manque être travailleuse au temple! J'ai servi comme travailleuse au temple de Montréal, Québec, de Septembre 2012 à Janvier 2013, et de Août à Novembre 2013, jusqu'à mon déménagement en Arizona. Servir le peuple fidèle du Seigneur dans sa Sainte Maison est une des meilleures expériences que j'ai jamais eue... et je n'étais pas la seule à penser cela! Plusieurs jeunes mères qui venaient au temple me disaient "O tu es si chanceuse! J'aimerai tellement travailler au temple moi aussi, mais je ne peux pas!"; ou bien des "Comme j'aimerai être célibataire à nouveau et pouvoir travailler au temple comme tu le fais"; ou encore "J'aimerai tellement avoir le temps de faire ça maintenant que les enfants grandissent mais je ne peux pas encore!". En fait, pour votre information (si mes souvenirs sont bons), les mères doivent attendre que leurs enfants aient 18 ans avant de pouvoir travailler au temple. C'est pour cette raison que plusieurs femmes qui élèvent leurs enfants ne peuvent pas être travailleuses au temple, et elle voudraient beaucoup porter mes chaussures et recevoir les bénédictions de travailler au temple!

J'ai médité sur ces conversations avec ces dames fidèles, et j'aimerai partager mes pensées sur comment je vois mon travail comme travailleuse au temple versus comment je vois le travail d'une mère en Sion, car d'après moi, il n'y a pas tant de différences que ça...
Comme travailleuse au temple, je sacrifiais environ sept heures à chaque samedi (+ environ 90 minutes pour le transport) pour servir mon Dieu en aidant ses enfants qui venaient au temple. 
Comme mère en Sion, vous sacrifiez au moins 24 heures par jour à chaque jour pour servir votre Dieu en aidant et guidant ses enfants qui arrivent dans votre famille. 
 Comme travailleuse au temple, j'étudie et mémorise les ordonnances ainsi que les promesses et bénédictions qui leur sont attachés, et grâce à ma connaissance du français, anglais et espagnol (les trois langues principales utilisées au temple de Montréal), j'ai appris (ou essayé d'apprendre) cela dans ces trois langues, afin d'être en mesure d'aider les gens dans leur propre langue. 


Comme mère en Sion, vous étudiez vos écritures et les enseignements de l'évangile, méditez sur les promesses et bénédictions que l'obéissance à l'évangile et à nos alliances nous apporte, et, avec vos talents, votre imaginations, et les outils dans votre propre famille, vous les enseignez à vos enfants, en leur propre "langue" (âge, personnalité, comportement, handicaps, etc.) 
 Comme travailleuse au temple, je salue avec un sourire ceux qui viennent au temple, et je les prends même parfois dans mes bras, afin de leur montrer ma joie en les voyant venir au temple, et je les invite à revenir n'importe quand.  


Comme mère en Sion, vous saluez vos enfants quand vous allez les chercher à l'école ou à d'autres activités, avec un sourire et un baiser, les prenant dans vos bras, leur démontrant que vous êtes heureux de les avoir dans votre maison et les invitant à se sentir toujours partie de votre famille, vers qui ils pourront se tourner n'importe quand.
 Comme travailleuse au temple, je m'efforce de garder mes alliances chaque jour de ma vie, afin d'être un exemple de ce qu'une personne qui fréquente le temple souvent doit être et afin d'être vrai dans mon service comme travailleuse au temple.. 


Comme mère en Sion, vous gardez vos alliances chaque jour afin d'être un exemple pour vos enfants du genre de comportement que vous vous attendez d'eux et afin d'être vrai dans votre service en tant que parent en Sion.
 Comme travailleuse au temple, je m'habille adéquatement pour aller au temple (vêtement de dimanche) et à l'intérieur du temple (ma robe blanche du temple), afin de montrer le respect envers mon corps et mes alliances, et je mets ma plaque de travailleuse afin que ceux qui y viennent puissent me reconnaître en tant que travailleuse au temple et sachent que je suis prête à les aider durant leur expérience. 


Comme mère en Sion, vous vous habillez adéquatement, afin de montrer à vos enfants comment vous espérez qu'ils s'habillent, démontrant du respect envers votre corps et vos alliances, portant sur vous votre plaque invisible faite d'amour, de compréhension, de foi, de patience, de bonnes œuvres, afin que vos enfants vous reconnaissent en tant que parent, prête à les aider durant leur expérience sur la terre. 
  Comme travailleuse au temple, je fais de mon mieux pour répondre aux questions ou besoins de ceux qui viennent au temple.


Comme mère en Sion, vous faites de votre mieux afin de répondre aux questions et besoins de vos enfants. 
 Comme travailleuse au temple, je fourni les vêtements nécessaires pour les ordonnances qui vont être faites par ceux qui viennent au temple. Je fais  aussi le lavage des ces vêtements empruntés, et les sèche, les repasse, les plie et les range, afin de m'assurer que ceux qui viendront par la suite auront les vêtements appropriés pour les ordonnances qu'ils viendront accomplir.

Comme mère en Sion, vous fournissez et achetez à vos enfants les vêtement dont ils ont besoin (ce qui est devenu une tâche difficile avec le peu de vêtements pudiques que l'on retrouve de nos jours) et vous faites des montagnes de lavages à presque chaque jour, et vous repassez, pliez et rangez ces vêtements afin qu'ils puissent être habillés convenablement pour leurs activités quotidiennes, que ce soit pour l'école, l'église, les sports, cours de danse, journée à la plage, ou à la neige, etc.
Comme travailleuse au temple, je participe à une petite rencontre (une genre de formation) avant mon quart de travail afin d'apprendre des nos dirigeants et de l'expérience des autres travailleurs des conseils pour notre travail au temple. 

Comme mère en Sion, vous participez à des rencontres de parents à l'école ou à la primaire, ou à des ateliers pour les mères dans votre paroisse ou votre communauté, ou vous consultez des livres, lisez des blogs ou des sites web, afin d'obtenir des conseils de spécialistes, dirigeants de l'église et de l'expériences d'autres mères. 
Comme travailleuse au temple, je m'efforce de faire de chaque visite au temple pour chaque participant que je croise au temple une expérience édifiante, et de leur donner le désir de retourner au temple aussi souvent que leur situation leur permette.

Comme mère en Sion, vous vous efforcez de faire de chaque jour dans votre foyer une expérience édifiante pour chacun de vos enfants, afin de leur donner le désir d'être avec vous pendant toute l'éternité. 
Comme travailleuse au temple, je veille à la révérence et sainteté à l'intérieur du temple, en chuchotant quand j'ai besoin de communiquer avec les autres, traitant les autres avec respect et tendresse, afin de faire sentir et rappeler aux participants qu'ils se trouvent dans la Maison du Seigneur.

  Comme mère en Sion, vous veillez à la révérence et sainteté de vos foyers, bien sure durant la soirée familiale, le jour du Sabbat, et lors de réunions familiales spirituelles, mais aussi dans vos activité quotidiennes, parlant avec tendresse et respect à vos enfants, évitant d'utiliser du sarcasme et un vocabulaire vulgaire, n'ayant que de la musique et autres médias sains, rejetant toute forme de violence, pornographie, vulgarité, ou autres médias dérangeants; rejettant toute substance qui pourrait être nocive pour votre famille tel que l'alcohol, cigarettes, etc., ayant un couvre-feu et des heures raisonnables pour se coucher et se lever; et veillant à ce que des principes justes et vertueux  règnent dans votre foyer et le rendent un lieu saint.
Comme travailleuse au temple, je rends intendance à la matrone ou à la présidence du temple des ce que je dois accomplir et je me tourne vers eux pour toute question ou inquiétude sur comment mieux servir mes frères ou sœurs.

Comme mère en Sion, vous rendez intendance au Seigneur du travail que vous avez à accomplir avec vos enfants et vous vous tournez vers lui (normalement avec votre conjoint, si vous en avez) lorsque vous avez des questions ou inquiétudes sur comment mieux servir et élever vos enfants. 
Comme travailleuse au temple, je m'assure que les salles de bain sont propres après les baptêmes.
 Comme mère en Sion, vous vous assurez que les salles de bain, la cuisine, et en fait, tout la maison, soient propre après chaque activité (en fait, vous essayez...).
Comme travailleuse au temple, je soutiens les détenteurs de prêtrise qui travaillent au temple dans leurs devoirs et responsabilités respectives. Je les aide dans ce que je peux, et je fais confiance à leurs capacités et à leur habileté pour recevoir de la révélation en ce qui concerne ce qu'ils doivent faire. Et je peux sentir leur amour et soutien en retour.
 Comme mère en Sion, vous soutenez vos maris (ou, si vous n'avez pas de détenteur de prêtrise dans votre famille, d'autres d'autres frères qui vous bénissent avec leurs prêtrise, tels que d'autres membres de votre famille, des instructeurs au foyer, des missionnaires, etc.) dans ses responsabilités et devoirs en tant que détenteur de prêtrise, dans votre foyers, ainsi que dans ses appels dans l'église, dans sa profession et dans d'autres projets. Vous l'aidez avec ce que vous pouvez, peut-être en lui préparant un bon repas quand il arrive du travail, ou en repassant sa chemise blanche pour une réunion tôt à l'église, ou en lui envoyant un message avec une photo du dernier chef-d'oeuvre que votre petit de 18 mois a dessiné sur le mur afin de lui rappeler à quel point vos enfants sont talentueux. Vous lui faites ressentir que vous avez confiance en lui lorsqu'il reçoit des révélations pour votre famille et priez avec lui afin de faire les choses justes ensemble. Et vous pouvez ressentir son amour et soutien en retour grâce à sa prêtrise qui vous bénit.
Comme travailleuse au temple dans un petit temple comme celui de Montréal, ou parfois il n'y a pas de participants pour faire le travail (comme un mardi soir d'hiver ou il n'y avait qu'une seule sœur qui était venue, alors il y avait plus de travailleurs que de participants), j'agis par procuration en faisant des ordonnances pour des personnes décédés... (il n'y a rien qui peut arrêter cette grande oeuvre!)
 Comme mère en Sion, lorsque vos enfants veulent s'amuser mais qu'il n'y a pas d'autres enfants avec qui jouer (et que vous ne voulez pas qu'ils passent la journée à "jouer" avec la télé mais plutôt avec des vraies personnes) vous agissez comme un enfant afin de jouer avec eux.... allez, on sait bien que nous aimons tous retourner à notre enfance et faire des niaiseries... et avec des enfants on a l'excuse parfaite! Vous pouvez vous rouler à terre, faire des grimaces et des sons drôles, avoir un concours de cris avec votre terrible deux, et juste vous amuser et vous rappeler de votre enfance! Rien (même pas les montagnes de linge, une cuisine en désordre ou même les devoirs) ne peuvent arrêter ces moments pour créer des liens en s'amusant!!
Comme travailleuse au temple, j'aide les participants avec tout ce dont ils ont besoin afin de rentrer dans la salle céleste! Assez dit!I
Comme mère en Sion, vous montrez à vos enfants à apprendre à connaître leur Père céleste, afin de les préparer à faire des alliances sacrées au temple (et à servir des missions à plein temps et/ou se sceller au temple), et à rester fidèles, afin qu'un jour, grâce à vos enseignements et votre aide pour qu'ils se souviennent et appliquent les principes de l'Évangile dans leur vie, ils puissent être trouvé digne d'entrer dans la présence de leur Père céleste, et de vivre avec lui (avec vous et toute votre famille) pour toute l'éternité.

Merci d'être là pour vos enfants! Comme vous pouvez le voir, être travailleuse au temple n'est pas si difféent que d'être mère en Sion! Assurez-vous seulement que votre foyer soit un lieu saint où l'Esprit peut y demeurer et où vos enfants peuvent le ressentir et où ils peuvent apprendre les principes de l'évangile, et continuez à aller au temple aussi souvent que possible, afin d'y recevoir des instructions sur comment mieux faire de votre foyer un petit coin des cieux, et vous serez ainsi une travailleuse au temple dans votre propre foyer!

J'ai fait un peu les deux... je veux dire, j'ai pu être une "tante au foyer" pendant 18 mois, en m'occupant de mon neveu lorsque mes parents ont reçu la garde. Et j'ai aussi été travailleuse au temple pour dix mois. Toutes les deux ont été des expériences inoubliables que je chéris de tout mon cœur! Mais si je devais choisir entre être une mère en Sion ou une travailleuse au temple, je choisirais une mère en Sion, car le meilleur moyen de préparer les générations futures à faire des alliances sacrées, entrer au temple, et entrer en jour en présence de Dieu, c'est dans le foyer!