Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Oops.  Regular readers recognized I was remiss in recording events yesterday.  I was working on music for the Christmas Caroling events coming up and suddenly Glade said—it’s time to pray and go to bed.  So, I did—and didn’t remember about the blog until this morning.  Oh, well.  So much for a perfect record.

The temperature moderated a little yesterday and today so we walked outside again.  On Monday, we decided to walk to Safeway to get just a few groceries and carried them home.  Well, it was a worry that there would be permanent marks on my arms from the plastic bag handles!  Probably we won’t do that again. 

The photo below was made available to temple workers as a 4 x 6 print.  Glade picked one up and brought it home and I wanted to share it.  The only problem is that it is so small, and you may not be able to see enough detail for it to make sense, but I’m going to try anyway.  There is a model just like the photo in the Visitor’s Center.  It is a cross section of the temple showing all seven floors (except the fifth which is engineering, etc.). 

The bottom floor is the baptistry and includes—not shown—a training room, what used to be a cafeteria but is now a lunch room and vending area, storage and cleaning supplies, and a distribution center with a separate entrance, of course. 

The second level is the main floor where patrons enter.  You can see a mural with benches for seating right in front of it which is in the center.  There is a long entry walkway that is called “the bridge” that goes from the recommend desk to the mural.  This floor also includes the offices, workers dressing rooms, meeting rooms, a chapel, and the matrons’ offices, etc.

The third floor includes the rental clothing area, locker rooms, the initiatory area, and bride’s room.

The fourth floor has six stationary endowment rooms that seat from 57 to 68 patrons each and the celestial room which is in the center of the endowment rooms.

The fifth floor—not shown—is the engineering area.

The sixth floor has 14 sealing rooms

The seventh floor is an assembly room used for special meetings, that covers the entire floor.  You can see in the photo that there are two rostrums—one on each end.  Our Temple Workers’ Christmas Fireside will be held there. 

The second photo, also a cross-section, shows the bridge and how it connects the entrance to the rest of the temple. 

Sorry if it is so small you can’t make anything out.  The photo showed the scope of the temple and was great for us since we know firsthand what it looks like.  There are great photos on the Internet if you are interested.  Just go to Washington DC LDS Temple and look around.