On August 29, 2009 I got a group of friends together from my ward to help do baptisms for the dead for family names on the Muranaka side of the family.
(L-R: Ann, Buck, Sara, Darren & Me)
We ended up going
to the Jordan River Temple because there weren't any openings or either the Salt Lake or Bountiful Temples. What a great blessing to live in Utah - so many temples relatively close by. I was going to try the Draper or Oquirrh Temples next if we couldn't go to the Jordan River Temple. It was a great experience and I sure appreciated my my friends who were willing to help.
Afterwards we invited some other friends over and celebrated my Japanese ancestors' release from spirit prison by having a Japanese dinner - gyoza, somen salad, inari sushi, rice candy, and pocky sticks.
to the Jordan River Temple because there weren't any openings or either the Salt Lake or Bountiful Temples. What a great blessing to live in Utah - so many temples relatively close by. I was going to try the Draper or Oquirrh Temples next if we couldn't go to the Jordan River Temple. It was a great experience and I sure appreciated my my friends who were willing to help.
Afterwards we invited some other friends over and celebrated my Japanese ancestors' release from spirit prison by having a Japanese dinner - gyoza, somen salad, inari sushi, rice candy, and pocky sticks.
Darren found a lone strawberry on the temple grounds. He was pretty excited to show us. We did baptisms and confirmations for 45 people - 21 women and 24 men, including my Grandma and Grandpa Muranaka! What a great blessing to be able to do temple work for family members!
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