Just want to be a sheep?

Me too!!!

2 years ago, this March, I have been serving as a Ordinance Worker at the Bountiful Temple. I have truly enjoyed every minute of it. I love seeing the patrons come and do Temple work for those who can't do it for themselves. I served for 10 months as the Own Endowment Coordinator. If you don't know what that is it is when ladies young and older come to the temple for the 1st time and those coming to be sealed to their husband and/or family. I had the pleasure of greeting them and over seeing the help they get while in our care. I even got to meet my own daughter in law when she came for the first time. Well I was released from that in January and I have loved being a sheep, sitting with the other ladies (not up front), and just doing regular assignments. On the 7th of February after just sitting with the others and enjoying our preparation meeting, the Matron took me to the side and asked me if i would visit with the Temple President right now. She said she would do my assignment until I was done.

Talk about fear.............. I knew I wasn't in trouble since I am a big rule person. After he asked me about my husband and family, where I lived and such, He asked me how much I loved the Lord. Tears came to my eyes and I told him that I love Heavenly Father and Jesus more than anything, and I mean, anything in the world!! They grant me daily breath and bless me abundantly. I can do nothing with out them.

He then proceeded to ask me if I would accept the assignment of being the Shift Coordinator over all the sisters serving on the Tuesday second shift from 10 am-4 pm. How could I say NO? It will be a lot of work and I will try to explain what it involves. 1st,I have to learn excel and be able to assign each sister with what is called a line. A line is an assignment that changes every half hour, like greeting in the foyer, doing initiatory, going on a session of an hour and a half, directing people to the chapel or dressing rooms, helping at the veil, sitting in the Celestial Room, helping brides or Own endowment sisters, or many other things. I have to manage all the time the sister is there so she has something to do. I get to conduct prayer meeting and preparation meeting and train the sisters as to all the assignments in the Temple. What??? Me! Yes, for 18 months.

If you had known me as a young person and a new married, you would probably laugh out loud at this........... I was so incredibly shy. Not capable of standing in front of a group, speaking in public or even raising my hand to answer a question.  What has changed???????


I guess it goes back to my answer that I gave the Temple President , I can do nothing without the Lord and I can't do this without him either! But, with him I can do hard things!!! 

Not a sheep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pray for me, will you?