DAY 3+4 (part B)

Salt Lake Temple, is the pilgrimage of every Latter-day Saint. I made it and will return for as long as I am here!!

It was almost 9pm so Anna and I had missed all of the tours but we were still able to walk around and feel the special spirit that the Temple has. As we were walking all I thought of was the trees. How old they were and what stories they could tell. I was just in awe of them. I had no idea what kind of Trees they were but they felt Wise. Ok this does sound weird but I can't describe them in any other way.

I kept touching all of the buildings and feeling the marble columns and the details on the corners. The flowers smelt fresh and alive and the water in the reflection pool was warm and inviting. Had I of jumped in...the wedding photos that were being taken would have been hilarious.

We walked around the temple a bit more and it began to get dark but the lights made the temple glow. Something inside of you stirs as you think about the people and the hands that made this temple. They worked on the Salt Lake temple for 40 years having. Mortar in the brick work and having to bury the foundatio an excavate them in fear of the temple being destroyed.

Those few moments help me to understand the sacrifices many of early saints have made so that I could have the knowledge, the blessings and the strength of the gospel. Thank you.

From the Temple we drove back to Provo and swung by Walmart for a bit of food shopping at 10:30pm good times. Picked up some American classics like pop tarts and Twinkies all healthy! At the check out we ended up meeting yet another ABM (Australian Brisbane Mission) missionary, Sister Shum. Crazy she is here with her parents for a couple of months and wow who would have thought meeting her in Walmart of all places!! So we stopped and talked for a while and then exchanged cell numbers and then Anna and I went back home and crashed on the floor and slept till the early morning of Saturday!!!

Do something crazy with your life!