They've been coming by our place to visit with us and talk to us about our roles as members in the LDS church. Ever since our first appointment with them, I've just felt so much warmth and happiness in myself and my home. Their first meeting has stuck with me and it's only been two days since that meeting.
Background of mine & Trevor's story so far: Before Trevor and I met, I let myself get into a lot of trouble and made it so I couldn't go to the temple. I met Trevor, and I knew on our first date that I was going to marry him. A month and a half later we were engaged and the wedding planning had begun. In the LDS church, when you get engaged you and your fiancé meet with each other's Bishops together. Trevor and I got a little out of hands and messed up a little bit. To our Bishops we went to discuss what happened and to see how much more we would have to wait. I had to wait at least until the Spring of 2014. My bishop told me that I needed to wait and I could wait until then and we should not get married civilly. We met with Trevor's bishop right after mine, and he told us the exact opposite. He encouraged us to get married civilly and soon, because we would either mess up really big the next time and keep doing it, or mess up really big and call off our whole relationship.
After our meetings, we were in one of the BYU parking lots and I just cried my eyes out. I was very disappointed in myself, because I knew I was suppose to marry Trevor, but it was suppose to be in the temple and I knew Trevor was really bummed too. Wedding planning was getting super stressful and we were both poor teenagers trying to do all that we could to have the wedding we both wanted. Well, Trevor came to me one morning and asked if I would elope with him. I thought he was joking, but after talking about it, we decided to do it. September 10, of 2013 we were married in the Spanish Fork court house in Spanish Fork, Utah. With two of Trevor's roommates as our witnesses and signing our certificate, we were now legally married. Fast forward to now, we are now counting down the days until I can finally get my endowments out and until we can finally be sealed as husband and wife and as a family.
This all brings me back to our first appointment with the Sister Missionaries. They asked us what our next step is together in life and Trevor and I both agreed it was the temple. Then they asked us what we are going to do to help get us there. Trevor and I just looked at each other, waiting for the other person to answer the question. They gave us a general conference talk and wanted us to read it and study it and other goals (daily prayers, daily scripture study and go to church every week) so the next time they came by we could discuss it. It's by Richard G. Scott called, Make the Exercise of Faith Your First Priority. They scheduled another appointment with us and went on their way.
Yesterday was their follow up appointment and when they asked us how our prayers and scripture study was going, we told them we only did family prayer once and no scripture reading. That is so embarrassing! It's only been two days (yesterday) since they were last here and that was our answer! Sister Safsten asked us why we haven't been doing it and Trevor and I told her all the reasons why we didn't do it. Our answers were all excuses/distractions.
Trevor and I know we've been slacking in our areas of the gospel. We know we want to make it to the temple, but we can't make it there, if we don't do the small and simple things and exercise our faith. The Sisters point was that, we need to be doing the small and simple things every day, and exercising our faith and we will get to the temple, sooner rather than later. We need to attend church every Sunday, continue to pay our tithing, do family/individual prayer and scripture study and family home evening. If we do those things, just the small and simple things and exercise our faith, we will grow closer to our Heavenly Father. We will receive his blessing and we will definitely make it to the temple, to be sealed as a family and as husband and wife.
Until next time!
Xoxo,
Emi
