The Reason We are Here

Last week we witnessed a sealing in the temple of a family, who we have watched,  as first the father came back to church, then his wife and children were baptized.  We taught them the temple preparation classes.  Seeing them sealed in the temple was a very sweet and sacred experience.  As we and the other missionaries watched,  we were blessed to witness the culmination of all we do.  I thought about it a few days later and I realized that we have given up time with our family to see another family become an eternal family.  I wish we could help so many people we visit,  realize what they could have.  This is really the reason we are here.  This day in the temple will certainly be one of the highlights of our mission.
We went to Manchester today and met another senior couple for lunch.  We also visited the Museum of Science and Industry.   In the evening we had a tea appointment with a kind lady in our ward.  She is in her eighties.  She has been a member for 22 years.  She told us she was sad because, even though she had read the scriptures many times, she can't remember them because she suffers from dementia.  I told her that even though her memory of them was gone, her life was a witness of what she had become, because she read them.  They changed her life.    She is one of the kindest people we have met since we have come here.

The Elders and Sisters in our district.

Families are forever.

Lots of people shared in this happy day.

A typical narrow street in England.

This kind sister gave me a birthday cake.

A Stunning view in Manchester.

At the museum of Science and Industry.

A motorcyle built for a wheelchair.