For those of you who are reading some of the entries on our blog who may not be members of our Church, you may be wondering why we don't say much about our actual mission, which is working in the temple.  We consider the work done within the temple to be sacred and we don't discuss it outside of the temple. 

We spend five days a week, about 7 hours each of those days as temple missionaries and work with the people who come to participate in the sacred temple ordinances.  Sometimes they travel for hours to be here, often at great sacrifice.  The vast majority of  them do not own vehicles so they have to use buses, taxis, bikes, or just walk the distance.  But they consider temple work to be a blessing and are happy to be here.  They are so very humble it makes me realize what a blessing it is in my life to be given the opportunity to be here to serve them.  I recall one sweet little lady who I was helping...she was nearly half my height and when she looked up at me waiting for my help, she had no front teeth but was smiling and was so childlike it made me think of the Savior's teachings to be humble and teachable as our little children are and I felt an immediate love for her.

The people who come from the highlands are Mayan and have 22 different dialects.  Many do not speak nor understand Spanish.  Many do not have running water or electricity, cook their meals on fires, and live in very rough circumstances.  We are always happy when they come to the temple because we know that it's at great sacrifice on their part and they want to be here.

On Sundays when the temple is closed, we sometimes travel with the other temple missionaries to visit the members of the Church who don't live near the temple to encourage them to be faithful and attend the temple as often as their circumstances will allow.  Each Monday is our Preparation Day when we clean our apartment, shop for necessities, do laundry, or sightsee.

Ken and I consider this opportunity to be temple missionaries a great blessing.  We love the work we do within the temple, we love the Savior and are blessed to be able to serve Him and to serve with wonderful faithful people, we love each other and are very happy.