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LOVE THE TEMPLE AND THE SERENITY AND PEACE IT BRINGS INTO MY LIFE WHEN I ATTEND DAILY, I
LOVE THAT ITS JUST HALF AN HOUR TO 40 MINUTES AWAY FROM OUR HOME, AND I
LOVE THAT I FEEL A CLOSENESS TO MY HF BUT ALSO TO MY DAD, WHEN MY DAD WAS ALIVE HE WOULD ATTEND THE TEMPLE 2 TIMES A WEEK FAITHFULLY, AND HE WOULD FAST TWICE A WEEK, ONCE FOR OUR FAMILIES PERSONAL WANTS AND ALSO FOR HIS CALLING ( HE EVEN DIED WHILE HE WAS FASTING) MY SISTERS AND I WOULD JOKE AROUND AND SAY THATS WHY HES IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW LOL!! I MISS MY DAD I MISS HIS PRESENCE HIS LAUGH, HIS BEAUTIFUL SMILE, HIS GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, I MISS THE SMELL OF HIS COLOGNE, I MISS HIS WARM HUGS, I MISS FANNING HIM AT DANCES, I MISS MAKING HIS DINNER PLATES, I MISS DOING HIS PUI'S HE HAD SUCH A STRONG PRESENCE WHEN HE SPOKE WE LISTENED, HE HAS THE BIGGEST HEART AND HE IS THE MOST HARD WORKING MAN I KNOW OF, HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO APPRECIATE THE SMALL THINGS IN LIFE, HE IS MY HERO AND THE REASON I STRIVE TO LIVE RIGHTEOUS...............
HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR MY SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE OF THIS WONDERFUL MAN I AM BLESSED TO SEE MY DAD AGAIN, HEAVEN KNOWS IM NOT PERFECT AT ALL AND ONLY THROUGH HIS TENDER MERCIES AM I FORGIVEN FOR MY IMPERFECTIONS, I LOVE THE GOSPEL AND THE MANY OPPURTUNITES IT HAS BLESSED MY LIFE TO KNOW THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST I AWAIT THAT SWEET REUNION WITH MY DAD, AND ALSO MY SAVIOR WHEN HE WILL SAY, "
Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world” (3 Nephi 11:14)." THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, FOR YOUR WONDERFUL EXAMPLES AND YOUR ATONING SACRIFICE <3
UNTIL THAT SWEET DAY, I WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE LIFE ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, AND ATTEND THE TEMPLE DALY WITH MY OFA ANGA!!!
I LOVE YOU DAD FOREVER AND EVER TIL THE DAY WE MEET AGAIN, OFA LAHI ATU KIA KOE!!!