A house of learning...

Washington DC Temple

"...a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God."

D&C 88:119

It was such a priviledge for Elder Hunt and I to prepare Jane for her first temple experience by teaching her the "Endowed From on High" lessons.

We met in our apartment every Sunday evening for six weeks searching scriptures

 and preparing for the endowment. 

Jane investigated the church and attended meetings for three years prior to her baptism.

Now, a year later, she was ready to enter the temple.

"It is a wonderful thing to come into the Church, but you cannot receive an exaltation until you have made convenants in the house of the Lord and received the keys and authorities that are there bestowed and which cannot be given any other place on the earth today."

Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie [3 vols. 2:253]

Our day with Jane Hughes in the DC temple,

shared with Paul and Sherry Bott from St. George, Utah.

June 9, 2012

Paul and Sherry Bott were the Sr. Missionary couple who prepared Jane for baptism.

They served in the Richlands Branch prior to us...and Elder Bott baptised Jane.

Both of Jane's parents are World War II vets and are burried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Before returning to Richlands we visited their grave sites.

Her father, Wilmer Frederick Hughes is represented on the front,  and her mother, Ruth C. Hughes is recored on the backside of the same marker.

Karl and I did proxy initiatory and endowment for Jane's parents,

and witnessed her sealed to them as an Eternal Family.

It was a special feeling for us to visit their graves after representing them in the temple.