First day in the temple

This morning, we started right off with a baptismal session during the 8 o'clock session. During this session, Jennifer was baptised for Granny.

After that, Daddy and I were together in a session doing IO.

When I came out of that, I wanted to take a shower. I found that not only is the water pressure in our shower rather low, but the shower head won't stay in one position but keeps sinking so you can't stand beneath it.

Eating lunch soon.

More baptisms tomorrow

My cousin Sylvia asked me whether I could participate in another baptismal session tomorrow as Eva still has names; I agreed.

She then mentioned that Nadine van Impelen would also be participating: she had brought many name along but had just noticed that they still need to be baptised before she could do the remaining ordinances.

I had seen Nadine and her husband last night already; she looked as pretty as always. I think she is, as the Germans say, an "eye willow" (or should that be "eye pasture"?).

A session and a sealing

I had planned to attend an endowment session with Stella at three o'clock this afternoon. It turned out that a Romanian sister would receive her own endowment during that session.

Brother and Sister Matern led that session; they asked Stella and me to be the witness couple.

The young Romanian sister was going to be sealed to her husband after that endowment session; her husband was also there and sat next to me.

Fortunately for them, everything went fine for them (when Stella and I married, there was an unfortunate mishap).

I was curious about the sealing because I thought it might be in Romanian, so I asked the groom whether I might attend, and he let me do so.

President Cziesla, the temple president, performed the sealing in English; there was a copy of the sealing ceremony text in Romanian on the altar for the couple to follow along.

It was a fine occasion, not least because I could hear the ceremony in English for what is, I believe, the first time and also because it reminded me of my own wedding. And the couple looked so lovely and happy!