Temple Treasures.

I am positive that my favourite place on Earth is a temple.
Even better than Sea World.
I don't even have to be inside the temple for it to be my favourite.
Even the outside is magnificent to be around.
This weekend, we had a youth temple trip. These are easily some of my favourite days of the year. Yes, I woke up at 5:46 AM on a Saturday. Yes, I attend early morning seminary and wake up at 4:22 AM (something strange about me is that I hate when alarms are set for a common time, 5:00, 5:25, I just don't like numbers that end in five or zero. Or an odd  number. I, am an odd number.) But yeah, Saturday is my only day to sleep in, and it is sooo worth giving up for the temple.

I am certain that every time I go to the temple, I take away something different. Last temple trip was the first time we have ever been physically handed the names and it was incredible to learn about the people who have passed on that we were doing work for. I had one person, from Essex, England who had been waiting since 1532 for her work to be done. I had other names from Uruguay, Italy, Ukraine, Pennsylvania, England, and other countries all over the world. This time, I only had names from Hungary, which is still so neat to me. It was truly a feeling of such important work being done.

This time I went, I gained a new love for the blessing of a temple building, and one being only three hours away. The temple grounds just have an enlighteninng and clean feeling about them, and I love to be surrounded by beautiful white facades and fences and landscaping. Beautiful stained glass windows and shining glass doors. It gives me such a peaceful feeling. With how hectic and stressed life is, it is so hard to find the simple meditation that relates to the spirit of the temple.

Noah is soon awaiting his mission call, his papers have been in and everyone is saying the call will come this week. I am so so grateful for the opprotunity he has to serve a mission, and the desire! I honestly envy him being able to take out his endowments and seeing more of what the temple has to bless him with. I am so proud of him and can't wait to officially be a missionary's girlfriend. A waiting, LOYAL one, at that!;D

Temples are where I want to be, and I am living a life that will lead me to the temple always. I am so so excited to be a growing Latter-day Saint girl and approaching big steps in life, that are getting me closer to the day I am married in the temple. I am so thankful for all the work that is done, the workers and the missionaries and preisthood power to operate a temple.

Seriously, who isn't happy at the temple?