I Love to See the Temple

I finally was able to go through the temple for the first time this weekend.  It was an amazing experience.  I chose to go to the Kansas City Missouri temple.  I had never been to this temple before, so it gave me the opportunity to visit a new city with my family.  I felt strongly about this temple because the Church history of the site is incredible and the temple itself is so, so beautiful.

We left to drive to Kansas City early on Friday morning.  It is about a 7 hour drive from my house to Kansas City, so we got there in the late afternoon and spent the evening going to historic church sites.  First we went to Liberty Jail where Brandon Ogletree's sister was our tour guide, which was pretty cool.  The Spirit there was amazing.  It is one of the places that I grew up learning about in Primary and Sunday School, but going there made it so much more real to me.  Then we went to the Visitor's Center, which was also a great experience.

The next morning we had to be at the temple at 7:00 AM.  Sleeping the night before was like trying to sleep on Christmas Eve..it was impossible.  I woke up at least five times between 4:00 and 5:00 when I finally got up.   We got ready and drove the six minutes from our hotel to the temple.

The temple was beautiful, and everyone was kind and helpful.  I felt so loved and special.  My hostess kept telling me that she wanted me to feel "just like a princess today."  I loved the spirit of the temple.  It was so strong and makes me want to be better.  I want to keep the feeling that I had on that day with me always.  I am so happy that I was able to make covenants and learn more about the Gospel.  I love the temple!