Friday, September 29, 2017

This was the last day of cleaning and things really came together as tables, plants, chairs, couches, benches and all manner of decor found their way back to assigned places.  Everything looks fresh and so beautiful.

We returned to the temple in the afternoon for our first formal training meeting.  We saw a touching new training video we haven’t seen before that left us wanting with all our hearts to be more Christ-like in how we treat all of Heavenly Father’s children and to become sensitive to the whisperings of the Spirit as we officiate in our responsibilities.  We also toured the entire temple (except for the engineering and electronic floors).  There were only three senior couples plus the trainers so it was very personal and was a great afternoon of learning and spiritual uplift.

The temple is big enough that we are going to be lost for a while and be a little intimidated.  However, it will come a little at a time.  I was happy to see clips from the training videos that I had seen in Spanish for 23 months, and to hear the words in English.  I really learned a lot and realized that I had missed verbal training although visual training seemed to work just fine!