Working In The Temple

My mom wants me to record my experience as a temple worker, so I'm doing it here. I LOVED being a temple worker. I was endowed on June 5th, 2021. A few weeks after that I started working at the St. Paul temple 4-6 hours for 2 days a week (our temple is 2 hours and 15 minutes away from our house). It really made me feel like the temple is a home. I learned a ton. I had everything memorized and could really feel God's hand in helping me get there. In the temple I can really feel that the Lord accepts our best efforts. Things usually work out in the temple, too. I'll tell a couple of my favorite experiences. One day I was working the veil and my mom came through that session. There were several other workers but the timing, against the practical odds, worked perfectly. She came to my veil station and I got to send my mom through (we had both been praying that it would work out that way). I've never recognized/felt the power of the Patriarchal Priesthood in my life, or probably appreciated the span of generations the gospel has. I felt like Darlene was there, too (my Grandma who died before I was born). Another experience I had was doing the new name ordinance for a woman with a family name. When she said the name on the card she started tearing up. I could feel the importance of the ordinance to the woman and her relative. The spirit just flooded the room. There were so many sweet and quiet conversations in the temple. The temple president, President Wilson, and his wife, hugged me EVERY time they saw me.They felt like my grandparents. Another awesome person was Sister Kendrick from our Stake. She and I became best buds. One day I invited her to go to Cane's with me after our shift for lunch. It was fun. She even payed for my food; she's super nice. I also really learned through temple service how much access to the priesthood I have as a woman.