My name is Kristi C and I am a member of the Pheasant Meadow ward. I am currently teaching the 16 year old Sunday School class and am a mother of six. I was visiting with Sister Wintle recently and she asked that I share an experience I had with genealogy this past month.
I feel like this all started with Elder Holland's talk in October 2008; The ministry of angels. At the end of his talk he said something that caught my attention, he said "Pray for angels to attend us." I had never thought about actually asking them to attend to me, or assist me. The last few years I have thought of this often, even thinking that I shouldn't call on them because they are probably too busy and I didn't want to disturb them.
Recently I downloaded the book; Angels: Agents of Light, Love and Power by Donald W. Perry, a BYU professor. As I was reading this book in the quiet of our family room one evening, I felt the presence of someone to my left. I turned and looked, but didn't have eyes to see. I said, "I know you're here, but I can't see you." The word genealogy came into my mind. I was thinking, "All I know how to do is indexing." After struggling with this for a few minutes I decided to go get the laptop. Just as I decided to do so, my son's friend left, and I remembered that Tate, my 18 year old son, had been working on a line. I asked him to pull up his Family Search account. We saw that he had a family of seven reserved, but had not been printed. I said, "Tate, I think this family wants their temple work done." Tate pushed print on the computer and the room almost felt giddy, this family was so excited to finally move forward. I asked Tate if he could feel it, he said "The room feels very light."
The next evening, which was a Friday I searched the parents names and found two more sons. Our family would be leaving for vacation for a week in the next few days and our schedule was full until then and after. I felt very strongly that I had to complete their work as soon as possible.
So,Saturday morning, my oldest four children and I went to the Brigham City temple, and were able to complete the baptisms for this family. Tate took Korin and Kiera home, and I stayed with Zack to perform the initiatory. What a blessing to be able to do the work for a mother and four of her daughters.
That evening we were able to attend the Bountiful temple with seven other family members, so a family of nine could receive the blessings of the endowment and being sealed together as a family.
This experience has begun to turned my heart to my fathers. I want to find out about my family and tie us all together. The reason I said that I thought this all started with Elder Holland's talk, is because I feel like it opened my mind to be more aware of the spirit world around me. And because I was reading about angels my mind was more alert to their world and able to feel when they were in need of my attention.
I am grateful that the spirit world is here among us and at special moments they make themselves known to us. I am also grateful for the love our Father in Heaven has for each of us, and for the experiences he gives us to grow and feel His love.
