Between Heaven and Earth

Armed with only my trusty Google map, I trooped from the metro to the DC Temple this past week. Turns out that the route from the metro to the temple only took 30 minutes or so. The trees, quiet brooks, and even prancing deer made the trip quite enjoyable and relaxing - perfect preparation for an endowment session.

The temple is gorgeous, inside and out. If it hadn't started raining right as I reached the grounds, I would have wandered around for a while before going in. Once inside I constantly had to resist the urge to take photos of the interior. The session was wonderful. It was a much needed rest from the world.

Just behind me in the photo is a visitor center. Inside is a large auditorium where every month a large fireside is held for new converts. We attended this meeting at the beginning of June. Senator Hatch and his wife spoke along with a few new coverts. A quarter of the meeting was dedicated to allowing all of the new coverts in the mission (about 30 or so in the last three months) introduce themselves and briefly describe their conversion. Wow. I wish we would have done something like this in my mission.