Trip with missionaries to the temple open house

Three busloads of missionaries went to the temple open house on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  More will go next week.

We hosted a bus load on Thursday.  It took about 4 hours because driving around this city it a long process.  It was also the first time these two districts of missionaries had been to the temple.  They had a shortened tour of the visitor center and an extended tour of the temple and the videos they play explaining the temple to those who are visiting.  

View from the back.  We sang hymns in Spanish (from our books) on the way there to help maintain reverence.  We asked two sister who were very capable to choose and lead the songs.  As soon as one song was finished the other sister would tell the group what we were singing next.  We sang Christmas songs also.  We sang "I love To See the Temple" in English just as we were approaching the gates.

Holiness to the Lord, The house of the Lord

Photo time while we were waiting to go in.  We arrived at the temple 15 minutes before it was scheduled to open for tours.  I felt very privileged to walk with our missionaries.  They allowed all three bus loads full of missionaries to file right in through the other crowds of people who also came early be there when it opened.

I kept telling the elders that all those mothers were pointing them out and telling their young sons they wanted them to grow up and become missionaries.

The Christus statue is just inside the glass rotunda

This was an previous picture when Dennis and I had gone to the temple clinic. I may have already posted it.  Beautiful tree!

I am so impressed with the temple built in 1984 but closed twice for renovation and remodeling.  It is very beautiful inside and out.  Inside there is an Aztec motif of geometric design throughout.  I am glad they let us go first.  We needed to get those missionaries back to their classes.  As it was, the excursion took 4 hours.