Elder Maya baptized a complete family about fourteen months before this picture was taken. A few weeks after that, the husband and father was murdered. The wife and daughter remained faithful and prepared to go to the temple to be sealed as a family to the deceased dad. They invited Elder Maya to come and kneel with them as the proxy for the husband. They all arrived at the temple. The good sister had her recommend. The temple always checks data before ordinances. Problem: According to the records of the Church, her husband was still alive! So, they had to go back to the ward and bring his membership up to date. Two weeks later, they met again at the temple, and knelt together, a family now sealed with the missionary doing his part in a very unique way to save them. Forever families. That is the goal.

(This ends blog posts for September, 2009.)