Temple Trip

We started our day by meeting Pres. and Sister Healey and 14 Elders at the mission office at 5:40 am.  We then departed for the Orlando Temple.  Because of the number of missionaries going, two vans were needed, and we drove one of the vans.  It was fun to see how excited the Elders were about being able to go to the temple.  Most of them have not been to the temple for almost two years.

The plan is for each missionary to be allowed to attend the temple once during their missionary service.  Sis. Healey keeps track of who has been to the temple.  Then as they approach the end of their missionary time, the missionary and his/her companion are included in a temple trip.

I'm sure that the temple welcomes our visits.  We were there for the first session of the day which is at 8 am.   There were only three other patrons in the session besides our mission group.

We have quite a few missionaries who will be leaving this month and next, so just the Elders went to the temple today.  The sisters are scheduled to go next week.  We will not be needed for that trip because Sis. Tollerton, our mission secretary, will go and drive the other van.  She has not been to the temple with the missionaries and is looking forward to going.

Our group of Elders and President Healey at the Orlando Temple

The Elders, Sister Healey, and Renee following lunch.