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Show Mount Timpanogos Temple Special Edition An enlightening assignment By Emily Kunic My sister Holly Kunic was asked to make a model of the Mount Timpanogos Temple for our Lindon West Stake Young Women's Girls Camp which was held June 24 through June 27, 1996, in the mountains east of Heber City, Utah. She had an 8 fi" by 11" picture of the temple and enlarged it to five feet by eight feet. Then she cut the enlargement into individual pieces, where each line was so that when each piece was finally traced onto foam board and cut out, it could be attached to a large hoard and backlit. Each line of the temple would be lit up. On Tuesday, June 25, as it got dark, we had an activity that related the story of the 10 from the New virgins Testament. We went to seven different stations where the different aspects of the parable were told to us by our camp leaders. As we came to the seventh station we had to climb a small hill, and as we got to the top, we could see the temple my sister made. It was lighted and we could see it across a small lake. As we looked at the temple, Patriarch Garth Gillman and his wife encouraged each of us to make attending the temple a goal and that we would be blessed as we did this. With the lights from the temple burning and being reflected in the water, I felt a strong desire to follow Patriarch Gilhnan's words of encouragement. Visiting the temple will be like coming home By ELNA NIELSEN MAY Grandfather Andrew and Grandmother Christina Johansen Hansen met, were wed and procured 40 acres of farm land on In This is how Holly Kunic's representation of the Timpanogos Temple looked when the lights went out. Mt. Temple is focus of Lindon Stake Primary activity By SuAnn Bird Lindon Stake Primary children participated in a special activity on May 25, 1995. Stake President Gary Worthington arranged for the Primary children of each ward in the Lindon Stake to tour the temple grounds. The children were shown the special features of the outside of the temple by a tour guide By the end of the tour, most of the children were soaking wet and cold from the pouring rain, but no one seemed to mind. President and Sister Worthington then spoke to each group of children on the importance and privilege of having a new temple in our area. Each child was also given a piece of temple granite on a card as a memento with the scripture: "O that thou mightest be like unto this rock, firm and steadfast, and immovable in - Page 7 1875 Danish Bench (now known as Highland). It was two miles north of the Mt. Timpanogos Temple site. Thev built an adobe brick home and proceeded to live their lives and raise a family where the gospel had led them. Svlvia Ann, their youngest child and my mother, was born and raised there. After the deaths of her parents, Sylvia married I leber Lovell Nielsen. Thev lived in I'rovo. The great depression came so thev returned, with their four children, to the farm. Never, in our wildest dreams, did we envision a holy temple being erected on that humble farm land that we daily passed on our wav to and from school, town, church, etc. At the dedication of the Mt. Timpanogos Temple site, reflected on mv heritage as we in the chorus sang the beautiful hymns. There in the shadow of the beloved, majestic mountains, I sensed angels in our midst and as we sang I imagined hearing the sweet soprano voices of Christina and Svlvia mingled with our mortal voices. They had loved this area during mortality. When the temple is ready for ordinance work, we plan on having Svlvia and Lovell sealed, along with their four children. This will complete a family circle. On that dav, as we enter the temple, will feel that we have come home! I f'.rJM It V I I Members of the Lindon 4th Ward Primary, with their leaders and Bishop Larry Ellertson pose for a photo on the temple grounds following a special activity. keeping the commandments experience for each child temples and to be included in of the Lord!" (1 Nephi 2:10) involved as they began to a special activity just for This was a very special understand the importance of them. American Fork will always be home in our hearts By Kathleen Smith Gauger A little more than 20 years ago, I stood on the stage at the American Fork High School, giving my final address to the community, after serving as first Attendant to Miss American Fork. I remember those words. .."I love those dear hearts and gentle people, who live in my hometown, because those dear heats and gentle people, will never ever let me down." Since then, I have married, had five children and just 10 years ago, our fam ily moved from my hometown to Reno Nev. It was a difficult move for both my husband and me, as we had lived in American Fork all of our lives. American Fork was our home then, and it will always be the home our hearts. When we heard about the Mount Timpanogos Temple being built just up was the road from the home that raised in, great joy filled our hearts. What more beautiful place for the House of the Lord to be built than atop the highest hill, and across the street I 1 from some of Heavenly Father's most choice children living in the State Training School. At Christmas time, just down the hill from the temple is the beautiful Nativity display spread across the Mary Pulley estate. The brightly lit temple will serve as a landmark and a beacon for the whole valley. This is the sons and place that temple-worth- y daughters of the Lord can come, to do the work that his son Jesus Christ started thousands of years ago. Our family visits our hometown at least once a year, and attends the temples while we are there, for we have to travel many hours from our Reno home to reach the Oakland Temple. This year, we will be able to drive the nine hours to not only visit our home, friends and family in American Fork, but to be able to spend time doing the Lords' work in our own hometown temple. Take advantage of the temple's availability and attend regularly. Honor its presence, and be blessed from its use! Find joy in the service of the Lord in his house! |