Dallas Temple Trip

I got to go back to the temple!  My mom and I took a trip to Dallas this weekend to drop off my nieces  after they visited us in Oklahoma for a few days.  After we got them home, my mom and I headed to the Dallas temple.  It is very similar to the Lima, Peru temple (at least on the outside) and I can't wait to be able to compare them.  I was also excited to be able to attend another temple since I had never been to the Dallas temple.

We arrived early so we took photos outside and then were able to do Initiatories before the next session started.  Going through the temple for the first time for someone else was an amazing experience.  I loved knowing that I was bringing someone the happiness that I was able to receive only ten days ago.  I realized that when I went to the temple for the first time after turning 12 to do baptisms for the dead, I had been baptized four years earlier.  Of course I still felt strongly about my baptism and remembered the covenants that I made during that ordinance, but it was years ago, and I didn't clearly remember how I felt.  In contrast, yesterday as I went through the temple for someone else, I remembered exactly how I felt as I received those ordinances for myself, and I was so happy that someone else would be able to feel the same way that I did on that special day.  It was a wonderful experience.

It was so good to be there with my mama.  It is a beautiful temple and the spirit was beautiful.  I can't wait to go back!