Taking missionaries to the temple for the first time

Each week there are Latino missionaries who come to the MTC without having been first to the temple.  Since the Mexico Temple was closed for two weeks for cleaning Dennis and I took 2 Elders and their companions with us this week.   Of these four elders one has been a member all his life and the other three are converts.  The  bigger elder on the end is 25.  He said his parents are moderately bothered by his going on a mission.  He and 2 other elders said they left girlfriends home and three of them said they have received a "Dear John" since coming to the CCM.  Each of them are between 21 and 25 years old.  They will be good missionaries because they truly have a desire to serve.  They have been working and will return to work and going to school after their missions.  The majority of Latino missionaries both Hermanas and Elders are a year or so older that the typical American missionary.

It is always nice to be able to go to the temple with them for the first time.  The one by the the 25 year old is from Colombia.  He has a temple 45 minutes from him in Bogota but no family support so he came here to go to the temple.  What a great bunch of Elders.  I hope they will take a wife to the temple someday and make eternal covenants with the Lord.  That is the whole purpose of our coming here to earth to make eternal covenants with God.

Beautiful Day!